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Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown Endorses State’s End-of-Life Option Act

lukej February 19, 2019 No Comments

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (4th Dist./Prince George’s Co./Anne Arundel Co.), who was Maryland’s Lt. Governor from 2007-2015, today endorsed the Maryland medical aid-in-dying legislation during a bill hearing before the…

Congressman Elijah Cummings Endorses Maryland End-of-Life Option Act

lukej February 15, 2019 No Comments

Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings (7th Dist./Baltimore), the first African American to be named Speaker Pro Tem in the Maryland House of Delegates, today endorsed the Maryland medical aid-in-dying legislation during…

“Time Is Now” for Maryland Legislature to Pass Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill with 60 Cosponsors

lukej January 29, 2019 No Comments

Four years after the original introduction of a medical aid-in-dying bill in Maryland in 2015, Compassion & Choices and 100 of its Maryland volunteers today met with state lawmakers to…

165 Marylanders Urge State Legislators to Pass Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill

lukej January 25, 2017 No Comments

Compassion & Choices today brought 165 of its Maryland supporters to meet with their state legislators in Annapolis to urge them to pass the “Richard E. Israel and Roger ‘Pip’…

165 Marylanders Urge State Legislators to Pass Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill

lukej January 25, 2017 No Comments

Compassion & Choices today brought 165 of its Maryland supporters to meet with their state legislators in Annapolis to urge them to pass the “Richard E. Israel and Roger ‘Pip’…

Assisted suicide advocates plead case for legalization in Maryland

lukej February 21, 2016 No Comments

The following article appeared in the Washington Times on February 21, 2016: Kelly Lange suffers from stage 4 breast cancer and says she doesn’t want to die. But when the…

Volunteer Spotlight: Ellen Dinerman and Jim Perdue

lukej January 14, 2016 No Comments

Former mental health counselor and longtime believer in end-of-life autonomy Ellen Dinerman first heard about Compassion & Choices through a woman in her book group three years ago. “She was…

Volunteer Spotlight: Alan Eason

lukej July 3, 2014 No Comments

“I never had much of an occasion to think about end-of-life issues or even healthcare issues,” says Maryland volunteer Alan Eason, of his 30-year tenure with the Maryland Attorney General’s…

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