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Grupo Advierte Que Nueva División de Salud “Libertad de Religión y Conciencia” Establece Precedente Peligroso Para los Pacientes

lukej March 27, 2018 No Comments

La recién creada “División de Libertad Religiosa y Conciencia” de la Oficina de Derechos Civiles del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos establece un precedente peligroso para…

End-of-Life Care Advocacy Group Praises Congressional Leaders for Protecting D.C. Medical Aid-in-Dying Law

lukej March 23, 2018 No Comments

Compassion & Choices thanked congressional leaders for protecting D.C.’s Death with Dignity Act by excluding a House-approved appropriations bill rider to overturn the law from the final omnibus appropriations bill…

Consejo Nacional Hispano Para el Adulto Mayor Apoya Leyes de Ayuda Médica Para Morir

lukej October 25, 2017 No Comments

Compassion & Choices elogió hoy al Consejo Nacional Hispano para el Adulto Mayor (NHCOA, por sus siglas en inglés) por anunciar su apoyo a las leyes que otorgan a los…

National Hispanic Council on Aging Endorses Medical Aid in Dying Laws

lukej October 24, 2017 No Comments

Compassion & Choices praised the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) today for announcing it supports laws giving mentally capable terminally ill adults with six months of fewer to live the option…

Supporters of Medical Aid in Dying Oppose New House Resolution Opposing It

lukej September 27, 2017 No Comments

Advocates for laws in D.C. and six states that authorize medical aid in dying are urging members of Congress to oppose a House concurrent resolution wrongly claiming medical aid in…

C&C Urges Congressional Black Caucus to Protect D.C. Death with Dignity Act

lukej September 27, 2017 No Comments

Last Thursday, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton hosted an event at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 47th annual legislative conference to detail how Congress is usurping the District of Columbia’s…

Advocates Slam House for Passing Spending Bill with Rider to Repeal D.C. Medical Aid-in-Dying Law

lukej September 14, 2017 No Comments

Supporters of D.C.’s Death with Dignity Act criticized the U.S. House of Representatives today for passing the 2018 D.C. Appropriations bill with a rider to repeal the District’s medical-aid-in-dying law. Similar to…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT GROWS AROUND D.C. LAW

lukej August 29, 2017 No Comments

As our battle to stop Congress from repealing D.C’s Death with Dignity Act continues, voices from all corners of the nation are getting louder. Compassion & Choices’ Week of Action…

NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING D.C.’S DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT FROM FEDERAL INTERFERENCE

lukej August 15, 2017 No Comments

In today’s unprecedentedly crowded news cycle, when breaking stories seem to arrive by the hour, medical aid in dying remains a hot topic newspapers want to cover. In the past…

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