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Lauren Sapienza

May 28, 2024 No Comments

Lauren shared her story in April of 2024. My mom had always been in generally good health, so in 2017 when a routine colonoscopy came back with polyps that turned…

Pennsylvania Bill History 2023March 20th 2023, HB543 was introduced in the house. In addition, SB816 was introduced in the senate on June 23, 2023. 2021In early 2021, the Pennsylvania General Assembly introduced HB1453/SB405. The bills did…

February 27, 2024 No Comments

Mikki Washburn

January 25, 2024 No Comments

Mikki shared her story in January of 2024. When John and I met, we were both in the midst of divorces. We became close friends, but to say I was…

Grant Grissom

October 11, 2023 No Comments

Grant Grissom shared his story in March of 2023. My wife had no fear of death, but feared suffering a prolonged, painful death. I promised that I would not let…

Médicos de Nueva Jersey, Delaware y Pacientes de Pensilvania Presentan Demanda Impugnando Mandato de Residencia en Ley de Ayuda Médica para Morir de Nueva Jersey

September 1, 2023 No Comments

Compassion & Choices presentó el martes por la tarde una demanda federal en nombre de pacientes de Delaware y Pensilvania que padecen cáncer y asimismo, en nombre de dos médicos…

Philadelphia Inquirer: Opinion: Why don’t more people of color receive end-of-life care?

September 28, 2022 No Comments

People from historically underserved communities don’t just rarely utilize medical aid in dying; they also are less likely to utilize hospice and other palliative care options. Since New Jersey’s “Medical…

Pennsylvania Medical Aid-in-Dying Advocates Urge Legislature to Pass End of Life Option Act

March 15, 2021 No Comments

Compassion & Choices Pennsylvania and its volunteer advocates urged state lawmakers to honor the wishes of terminally ill people by passing a bill authorizing the practice of medical aid in…

Gail Lutz

March 5, 2021 No Comments

Gail shared her story in January of 2021. I watched my husband, the love of my life, drown in his own fluids as he succumbed to his cancer. As he…

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