New York – Compassion & Choices

Gob. Hochul: “Escuche a los Neoyorquinos Haciendo un Llamado para que Usted Lleve el Liderazgo Hacia la Aprobación de la Medida Ayuda Médica para Morir; Defienda la Autonomía Corporal para el Fin de Vida”

lukej January 10, 2025 No Comments

“Sea Defensora Al Convertirse una Imagen Pública a Favor de que se Legalice la Ayuda Médica para Morir en Nueva York. Gobernadora Hochul, por favor sea nuestra defensora”. Casi 80…

Gov. Hochul: Listen to NYers Urging You to Lead on Passing the Medical Aid in Dying Act; Champion Bodily Autonomy at End of Life

lukej January 8, 2025 No Comments

“Be a champion by taking a public stand in favor of making medical aid in dying legal in New York. Governor Hochul, please be our champion.” Nearly 80 Legislators Join Assem.…

Tara Shapiro

lukej December 11, 2024 No Comments

Tara shared her story in April of 2024. Janice was constantly in motion. Moving, cleaning, organizing — my mother-in-law liked to have everything in her life planned and in its…

Persistence and Progress: A Look Back, and Forward, to New York’s Campaign for the Medical Aid in Dying Act

lukej November 25, 2024 No Comments

New York’s 2024 legislative session ended in June without passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act. The session marked nine years of advocacy for medical aid-in-dying legislation in Albany.…

Advocates Decry Legislature’s Failure – for the 10th Year in a Row – to Pass New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act

lukej June 7, 2024 No Comments

Campaign to Pass Medical Aid in Dying in 2025 Begins Today Corinne Carey, Compassion & Choices’ senior campaign director for New York/New Jersey, joined advocates at the State Capitol today…

Defensores Condenan Fracaso de Legislatura por Decima Vez Consecutiva, para Aprobar Medida de Ayuda Médica para Morir

Katie Wingo June 7, 2024 No Comments

Corinne Carey, directora de campaña de Compassion & Choices para Nueva York/Nueva Jersey, se unió hoy a los defensores en el Capitolio del estado para agradecerle a los partidarios y…

New York State Council of Churches: “Supports New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act and Urges the Legislature to Act Swiftly to Pass It.”

lukej June 5, 2024 No Comments

Corinne Carey, senior New York campaign director of Compassion & Choices, applauded the New York State Council of Churches for issuing a memo in support of New York’s Medical Aid…

New York Filmmaker Chronicles Parents’ Peaceful Deaths Using CA Medical Aid-in-Dying Law in Amazon Prime Docuseries: “Take Me Out Feet First”

lukej June 4, 2024 No Comments

A native New York filmmaker, Serene Meshel-Dillman, chronicles her parents’ use of California’s End of Life Option Act and other terminally ill advocates for medical aid in dying across the…

Senator Scarcella-Spanton & Assembly Member Septimo Visit Longtime Staten Islander, Dying of ALS, Who Wants To Be 1st New Yorker to Use NY’s Medical Aid in Dying Act, If Legislature Passes Bill Before Session Ends Friday

lukej June 3, 2024 No Comments

Lifelong New Yorker Brian Moffett, 66, who hopes to be the first person to use New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act because he is dying of ALS and wants…

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