Colorado – Page 4 – Compassion & Choices

Reflections on LGBTQ+ Pride and the End-of-Life Options Movement

lukej June 2, 2023 No Comments

Every year, Compassion & Choices celebrates Pride Month in recognition and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. The end-of-life options movement was born out of the same principles and values as…

Devin, Ryan, and Shannon Hibbard

Katie Wingo April 12, 2023 No Comments

Devin, Ryan and Shannon Hibbard shared their story in May of 2021. On April 7, 2021, we lost our beloved father and hero. He was the most loving, caring and…

Tammy Allred

Katie Wingo December 20, 2022 No Comments

Tammy shared her story in February of 2022. Being a parent of a terminally ill child means having to face the fact that the only person who knows what your…

Jesse Ankerholz

Katie Wingo August 21, 2022 No Comments

Jesse shared his story in June of 2022. Jesse Ankerholz’s wife, Andrea, passed away peacefully in 2021 using Colorado’s aid-in-dying law. After seeing the peace of mind the option provided…

Respuesta al artículo publicado en el Colorado Sun, el 14 de marzo “Médico de Denver Ayuda a Pacientes con Anorexia Nerviosa a Obtener un Medicamento de Ayuda Médica para Morir, Provoca Debate Nacional Sobre Cuestiones de Ética”

lukej March 18, 2022 No Comments

Lea el artículo aquí. Las leyes de ayuda médica para morir aplican únicamente a pacientes con enfermedades terminales, en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales, con un pronóstico de vida…

Response to March 14 Colorado Sun story: “Denver doctor helped patients with severe anorexia obtain aid-in-dying medication, spurring national ethics debate”

lukej March 17, 2022 No Comments

Read the story here. Medical aid-in-dying laws apply only to mentally capable, terminally ill patients with six months or less to live who are able to self-ingest the medication. Any…

Dolores Huerta on Bomba Radio

lukej March 10, 2022 No Comments

Civil rights activist Dolores Huert

Medical Aid-in-Dying Law Remains a Compassionate Option for Terminally Ill Residents, Five Years After Taking Effect

lukej February 17, 2022 No Comments

(Denver, CO) A new report from the Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) Vital Statistics Program shows that five years after the implementation of Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law, this compassionate…

Storyteller Spotlight: Andrea Ankerholz

lukej April 22, 2021 No Comments

Andrea Ankerholz of Silverthorne, Colorado, had been living cancer free since undergoing a double mastectomy in 2016. She learned in May 2020 that her cancer had returned. Two months later,…

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