Legal / Policy – Compassion & Choices

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…

Colorado Governor Signs Law Making Access to Medical Aid in Dying More Equitable for Terminally Ill Adults

lukej June 6, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices, alongside advocates and clinicians, praised Colorado Governor Jared Polis for signing legislation (SB24-068) Wednesday to significantly improve access to medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. …

Statements from Corinne Carey and Jules Netherland on Their Arrest and the Arrest of Other Advocates Calling on Speaker Heastie & Leader Stewart-Cousins To Allow a Vote on the Medical Aid in Dying Act

lukej May 21, 2024 No Comments

Corinne Carey, Compassion & Choices’ Senior Campaign Director for NY/NJ, and terminally ill Bronx resident Jules Netherland, issued the following statements in conjunction with their arrest Tuesday for civil disobedience…

End-of-Life Care Decision-Making Threatened In Case about Montana’s Ban on Transgender Care, Brief Warns

lukej April 22, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices has filed an amicus brief in the Montana Supreme Court asserting a state law banning certain medical treatments for transgender minors could threaten the privacy rights to make medical…

Statement from Corinne Carey on the Medical Society of the State of New York’s Support for Passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act

lukej April 15, 2024 No Comments

Corinne Carey, Compassion & Choices’ Senior Campaign Director for New York and New Jersey, issued this statement following the decision Sunday by the Medical Society of the State of New…

Colorado House Passes Senate-Approved Improvement Bill 24-068 to Send to Gov. Polis

lukej April 5, 2024 No Comments

The Colorado House of Representatives passed the updated End-of-Life Options Act (SB24-068) Friday to provide more equitable access to medical aid in dying in a verbal floor vote. The full…

California Supreme Court Rules Advance Directives Do Not Cover Arbitration Agreements

lukej April 4, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices, the American Association for Justice, and Public Justice Thursday praised a California Supreme Court ruling last week that a patient’s advance directive appointing a healthcare agent to make their medical decisions does…

Bill to Improve Access to Colorado End-of-Life Options Act Continues Momentum After House Health & Human Services Committee Votes to Pass it

lukej April 2, 2024 No Comments

Committee is First in the House to Hear, Vote on Bill The House Health & Human Services Committee voted 9-4 Tuesday to advance legislation (SB24-068) to make access to the Colorado…

California Judge Dismisses Federal Lawsuit Seeking to Void Medical Aid-in-Dying Law

lukej March 28, 2024 No Comments

Law Advocates Who Sought to Intervene in Case Celebrate Ruling As Win for Dying Californians Compassion & Choices, which filed a motion on behalf of three California patients with disabilities…

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