Michigan

A story I couldn’t shake: Why I became a plaintiff with Compassion Legal

lukej June 23, 2026 No Comments

By Nikki Sapiro Vinckier, PA-C Nikki Sapiro Vinckier is an OB/GYN physician associate, author of We Deserve More, reproductive health advocate, and plaintiff in Koskenoja v. Whitmer. She lives in…

Michigan Pregnancy Exclusion Law is Unconstitutional

Katie Wingo April 20, 2026 No Comments

Last week, Michigan’s law that denied pregnant people the ability to make important decisions about their end-of-life care–commonly referred to as a Pregnancy Exclusion– was ruled unconstitutional under Michigan’s Reproductive…

Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Pregnancy Exclusion in Michigan’s Advance Directive Law

lukej October 23, 2025 No Comments

Plaintiffs argue denying pregnant people the ability to refuse life-sustaining care violates their constitutional rights (Lansing, Michigan, October 23, 2025) Today, Michigan women, physicians, and patient advocates have joined together…

Compassion Legal files new lawsuit challenging pregnancy exclusion in Michigan

lukej October 23, 2025 No Comments

As an emergency medical physician, Dr. Viktoria Koskenoja has seen firsthand how life can change in an instant. She also knows how protracted the dying process can be. This gave…

Bill Knight

lukej October 22, 2024 No Comments

Bill shared his story in September of 2024. For my late wife, I want to do anything I can to make medical aid in dying an authorized option here in…

Michigan Bill History

Katie Wingo February 29, 2024 No Comments

Michigan Bill History History2023On November 9, 2023, Michigan State Senators Cavanaugh, Hertel, Singh and Klinefelt introduced a medical aid in dying legislative package comprised of Senate bills SB 678, SB679, SB680, and SB681. The…

lukej February 27, 2024 No Comments

Ronda Diegel

Katie Wingo June 27, 2023 No Comments

Ronda shared her story in May of 2023. Midway through my mother’s four and a half weeks on home hospice care, my sister and I, who were caring for my…

Elaine Pereira

Katie Wingo March 22, 2023 No Comments

Elaine shared her story in February of 2023. Joe and I met in 1994 after a friend recommended I work with him to purchase a car. Joe worked as a…

State: Michigan