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Nueva Encuesta de Investigación de Gonzáles Muestra Fuerte Apoyo a la Ayuda Médica para Morir

lukej February 4, 2022 No Comments

Una gran mayoría de los votantes de Maryland apoyan la medida de ayuda médica para morir, de acuerdo a una encuesta nueva elaborada por Gonzáles Research & Media Services, y…

New Gonzales Research Poll Shows Strong Support for Medical in Dying

lukej February 3, 2022 No Comments

A strong majority of Maryland voters support medical aid-in-dying legislation, according to a new poll conducted by Gonzales Research & Media Services and sponsored by the end-of-life care advocacy group Compassion & Choices. Compassion…

New Gonzalez Research Poll Shows Strong Support for Medical in Dying

lukej February 3, 2022 No Comments

Marylander with Metastatic Breast, End-of-Life Care Advocacy Group Join Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill Author to Urge Bill’s Passage A strong majority of Maryland voters support medical aid-in-dying legislation, according to a new…

Maryland Gov.-Elect Wes Moore Endorses Medical Aid in Dying

lukej January 11, 2022 No Comments

Paid for by Compassion & Choices Action Network. Maryland Governor-elect Wes Moore endorsed medical aid in dying as an option for mentally capable, terminally ill adults to gently end unbearable suffering during…

Remembering Rev. Joseph Kitchen

lukej August 19, 2020 No Comments

Compassion & Choices is deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Rev. Joseph Kitchen, a Maryland volunteer supporter and activist. Rev. Kitchen served as the president of Young Democrats…

Ron Weich

lukej July 19, 2020 No Comments

Ron Weich shared his story in May of 2020. My extraordinary, larger-than-life mother, Cecile Weich, died on March 19, 2020, at the age of 85. Her last weeks were pointlessly…

Volunteer Spotlight: Jim Perdue

lukej April 23, 2020 No Comments

Inspired by his wife’s early involvement with Compassion & Choices and informed by watching both his parents endure difficult deaths, Jim Perdue puts his all into expanding end-of-life options in…

Opinion: Aid-in-dying legislation is compassionate, not risky

lukej March 22, 2020 No Comments

This is an excerpt from the March 22,2020 edition of the Washington Post. Read the full article. The March 9 editorial “Avoiding unnecessary suffering” endorsed the Maryland End-of-Life Option Act.…

Local Newspapers Publish Editorials, Opeds Endorsing/Defending Maryland End of Life Option Act

lukej March 13, 2020 No Comments

Since Feb. 9, four newspapers – The Washington Post, The Maryland Independent, The Calvert Recorder, and Frederick News-Post – have endorsed Maryland’s End of Life Option Act (SB 701/HB 643).…

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