Legal / Policy – Compassion & Choices

Delaware Legislature Passes End-of-Life Options Act for Second Time Since June 2024

lukej April 17, 2025 No Comments

The Delaware Senate today passed the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End-of-Life Options Act (HB 140) in a vote of 11-8 with two Senators absent. HB 140 now awaits consideration by…

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Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill Clears Senate Executive Committee

lukej April 9, 2025 No Comments

The Illinois Senate Executive Committee today approved a bill that would allow terminally ill adults the option to request a doctor’s prescription for medication they can decide to take to…

Delaware Senate Executive Committee Passes Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill for Second Time

lukej April 9, 2025 No Comments

The Delaware Senate Executive Committee today passed the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End-of-Life Options Act (HB 140). This marks the second time the bill has been passed by the committee,…

Compassion & Choices Action Network Defeats Latest Attempt in Montana to Overturn Baxter Ruling in Bipartisan House Vote

lukej April 9, 2025 No Comments

The Montana House of Representatives today rejected SB 136 in a bipartisan 42-58 vote in its second reading, ending its potential for passage in the 2025 legislative session. The bill…

Montana House Committee Rejects Bipartisan Bill to Codify Medical Aid in Dying in State Committee Vote is Latest Attack on End-of-Life Rights, Bodily Autonomy in Montana

lukej February 28, 2025 No Comments

The Montana House Judiciary Committee today rejected HB 637, a bill with bipartisan support which would have codified dying Montanans’ right to medical aid in dying, in an 11-9 vote.…

MT Senate Passes Bill to Overturn 15-Year Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Montanans’ End-of-Life Liberties

lukej February 7, 2025 No Comments

Bill Would Charge Doctors with Homicide for Providing Patients with Peaceful Death Option The Montana Senate today passed SB 136 in a 29-20 vote in its third reading. The bill would…

Comité del Senado Aprueba Medida para Remover Libertades para Fin de Vida a Residentes de Montana y Encarcelar a Médicos

lukej February 4, 2025 No Comments

SB136 Podría Criminalizar a Médicos por Brindar a Pacientes Opción Para Muerte Pacífica Después de una emotiva audiencia del jueves, el Montana Senate Judiciary Committee votó hoy para avanzar el…

House Committee Passes End of Life Options Act Again in First Hearing of 2025

lukej January 29, 2025 No Comments

The House Health & Human Development Committee Wednesday passed the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End-of-Life Options Act (HB140) in a vote, the bill’s first in 2025. Terminally ill Delawareans and…

Compassion & Choices Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Federal Court Ruling on New Jersey’s Medical Aid-in-Dying Residency Mandate

lukej January 17, 2025 No Comments

Brief Argues Court’s Unwarranted Assumptions Led to Incorrect Ruling Compassion & Choices Friday filed the opening brief in its appeal of a federal judge’s September ruling upholding the residency requirement…

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