Brittany Maynard’s profound legacy on end-of-life options
November 1, 2019Kim Callinan and Dan Diaz November 1, 2019 On Oct. 6, 2014, Brittany Maynard, a terminally ill, 29-year-old California woman,…
Guest opinion: “The Patient Anguish Is Never-ending Act”
August 10, 2019Kim Callinan
Recently introduced legislation in the Senate, the so-called “Patients Rights Act” (S. 1993), should be renamed the “Patient Anguish Is Neverending…
Group Commends Governor Brown for Signing Legislation that Reduces Barriers to Medical Aid in Dying
July 24, 2019Compassion & Choices today commended Governor Kate Brown for signing an amendment to the Oregon Death with Dignity Act that…
Kim Callinan: Codify improved Death with Dignity Act
June 22, 2019Opponents of medical aid in dying, an end-of-life care option that allows terminally ill adults to peacefully end their suffering,…
Every state should pass medical aid-in-dying law
May 25, 2019Kim Callinan writes in an op-ed for Newsday, “Current medical aid in dying laws protect patients. In a combined 40…
Guest Commentary | Give loved ones the gift of clarity, closure
May 20, 2019Compassion & Choices CEO Kim Callinan writes in an opinion piece for the Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, “As baby boomers age, more…
Opinion: Catholic doctrine should not dictate Californians’ end-of-life care
May 10, 2019A recent survey published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that the vast majority of religious hospitals in California have non-supportive…
Kim Callinan: The time will come for End of Life Option Act in Maryland
April 1, 2019Compassion & Choices CEO Kim Callinan wrote an op-ed published in the Capital Gazette. She said, “While the opposition’s antics…
Congressman Elijah Cummings Endorses Maryland End-of-Life Option Act
February 15, 2019Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings (7th Dist./Baltimore), the first African American to be named Speaker Pro Tem in the Maryland House…
New Jerseyans with Life-Shortening Diseases Praise Senate Committee for Approving Aid in Dying Bill
February 7, 2019New Jerseyans with life-shortening or terminal diseases and others who watched loved ones die in agony praised the Senate Health…
The Growing Acceptance of Medical Aid in Dying
November 26, 2018Kim Callinan
This piece was originally published in Governing on November 26, 2018. While expanding and protecting health care was the number-one issue…
End-of-Life Care Nonprofit Earns 4-star Rating from Charity Navigator for 8th Consecutive Year
September 17, 2018Compassion & Choices, a national nonprofit organization committed to improving care and expanding options for the end of life, has…
End-of-Life Group Thanks Senate for Rejecting House Rider to Repeal D.C. Death with Dignity Act
August 1, 2018Compassion & Choices thanked the Senate for rejecting a policy rider today attached to a government funding bill approved on…
National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Release Medical Aid-in-Dying Workshop Proceedings
July 25, 2018By Alyson Lynch, Communications Coordinator
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine released their findings from a February workshop on medical aid in dying…
With D.C. and California laws in jeopardy, a fresh debate over medical aid in dying
June 26, 2018The following article appeared in USA Today on June 25, 2018: Debbie Gatzek Kratter, a California attorney with Stage 4…
Alohas and goodbyes: The assisted-dying movement gathers momentum in America
June 26, 2018The following article appeared in the Economist on April 26, 2018: THREE years ago John Radcliffe, a jovial retired lobbyist…
C&C Plans Ahead … Ahead of Schedule
May 28, 2018Rapid achievement of our prior goals necessitates an accelerated revamp of Compassion & Choices’ strategic plan. Given Compassion & Choices’…
Group Urges Congress to Reject Legislation to Repeal D.C. Death with Dignity Act
May 24, 2018Compassion & Choices urged Congress to reject a policy rider to a government funding bill approved by a House Subcommittee…
Urgent — Court Nullifies California Law
May 15, 2018By Kim Callinan, CEO
Just this morning, a Riverside County Superior Court judge granted a motion by opponents of the California End of Life…
A Fate Worse than Death
May 10, 2018Kim Callinan
This piece was originally published by The Illinois Times on May 10, 2018. My grandmother, whom we called “Nana,” always…
Group Warns D.C. Death with Dignity Act Opponents Not to Try to Repeal Law Again
May 2, 2018Compassion & Choices praised Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for her vow today to prevent congressional opponents of D.C.’s Death with…
Kim Callinan, MPP
April 16, 2018Kim Callinan is currently the President and CEO of Compassion & Choices; prior to that, she was the chief program…
DC patients unable to use aid-in-dying law as paperwork jams
April 6, 2018The following news piece appeared on WUSA9.com on April 6, 2018: It’s been 14 months since DC passed a law…
DC Patients Say They Can’t Find Doctors to Prescribe Life-Ending Drugs
April 6, 2018The following news piece appeared on NBC 4 Washington on April 6, 2018: Physician-assisted death has been legal in Washington,…
Terminally Ill D.C. Woman Asks D.C. Health Dept., Physicians to Help Her Access D.C. Medical Aid-in-Dying Law
April 5, 2018The law allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live the option to request their…
The Role of the Doctor in Transforming End-of-Life Choice and Care
March 23, 2018Today marks the 20th anniversary of a doctor writing the first prescription medication under Oregon’s medical aid in dying law….
Government, doctor or patient — whose health care preferences should be honored?
March 20, 2018By Kim Callinan and Kevin Diaz
The following op-ed appeared in the Hill on March 20, 2018. Download this article. The recently created “Conscience and Religious…
End-of-Life Care Advocacy Group Mourns Death of Stephen Hawking
March 15, 2018Compassion & Choices today mourned the death of English physicist Stephen Hawking and praised him for his support of medical…
Grupo que Aboga Por Cuidados de Fin de Vida Lamenta Muerte de Stephen Hawking
March 15, 2018Compassion & Choices lamentó hoy la muerte del físico inglés Stephen Hawking a quien elogió por su apoyo a la…
