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An excerpt from NJ.com, “There’s an urgent need for people to plan now how they want their life to end…

An excerpt from the Delaware Business Times, “Viewpoint: COVID-19 crisis demonstrates urgent need for end-of-life planning,” by Compassion & Choices…

An excerpt from the Delaware State News commentary, “End-of-life planning moves to the forefront,” by Compassion & Choices President and…

Compassion & Choices President/CEO Kim Callinan writes in the Daily Record, “Every year since the Maryland End of Life Option…

Kim Callinan and Dan Diaz November 1, 2019 On Oct. 6, 2014, Brittany Maynard, a terminally ill, 29-year-old California woman,…

Recently introduced legislation in the Senate, the so-called “Patients Rights Act” (S. 1993), should be renamed the “Patient Anguish Is Neverending…

Opponents of medical aid in dying, an end-of-life care option that allows terminally ill adults to peacefully end their suffering,…

Kim Callinan urges legislators to pass a medical aid-in-dying law in Minnesota in a recent op-ed for the Minnesota Post….

Kim Callinan writes an op-ed for the Tampa Bay Times explaining the detriments of a new rule issued by the…

Kim Callinan writes in an op-ed for Newsday, “Current medical aid in dying laws protect patients. In a combined 40…

Compassion & Choices CEO Kim Callinan writes in an opinion piece for the Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, “As baby boomers age, more…

A recent survey published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that the vast majority of religious hospitals in California have non-supportive…

Compassion & Choices CEO Kim Callinan wrote an op-ed published in the Capital Gazette. She said, “While the opposition’s antics…

This op-ed originally appeared in McKnight’s Long Term Care News State legislators are beginning to recognize that autonomy and expanded…

This piece was originally published in Governing on November 26, 2018. While expanding and protecting health care was the number-one issue…

This piece was originally published by The Illinois Times on May 10, 2018. My grandmother, whom we called “Nana,” always…

The following op-ed appeared in the Delaware News Journal on March 15, 2018 On Saturday, I got the news that…

The following op-ed appeared in the Sacramento Bee on March 14, 2018: Lawmakers have to strike a balance between rules…

The following op-ed appeared in the New Jersey Record on January 14, 2018: With November’s elections behind us, the New…

With November’s elections behind us, the New Jersey’s new governor, Phil Murphy, and the Legislature are in a unique position…

The following op-ed appeared on MassLive.com on December 26, 2017: Before my son was born 17 years ago, I researched…

The following op-ed appeared in the Hill on December 25, 2017: In early November, doctors in Europe used gene therapy to…

The following op-ed appeared in the Denver Post on November 27, 2017: As I travel the country advocating for passage…

The following op-ed appeared on CNN.com on July 27, 2017: If you’re a legislator trying to repeal a health care…

This piece originally appeared on the March 15, 2017 Health Affairs Blog During the past 20 years, the end-of-life care community…

The following op-ed appeared in the Hill on November 22, 2016: There is one thing the national election did not…

Thirteen months, ago on October 5, 2015, advocates for expanding end-of-life options celebrated a historic win. California Governor Jerry Brown…

The following op-ed appeared in the Courier Post on June 9, 2016: By 2030, an estimated 72 million Americans, one-fifth…

Compassion & Choices Chief Program Officer Kim Callinan and Media Relations Director Sean Crowley wrote a piece published in The Augusta…

The following op-ed appeared in the Virginian-Pilot on March 27, 2016: MY GRANDMOTHER died feeling betrayed, frightened and utterly powerless…