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Compassion & Choices

We're an organization dedicated to improving care, expanding options and empowering everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

Compassion & Choices

We're an organization dedicated to improving care, expanding options and empowering everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

Learn about what’s happening in your state. End-of-life planning resources
Learn about what’s happening in your state. End-of-life planning resources

Latest News

Siena Poll: New York Voters Support Medical Aid in Dying By Nearly 2-to-1 Margin  

Advocates Urge NY Lawmakers to Pass Medical Aid in Dying Act When They Return in JanuaryNearly six out of 10 registered New York State voters (5...

Humane Prison Hospice Project is Transforming the Way Terminally Ill People in Prison Die  

By: Stephen HydeThe United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with more than two million people living behind bars. The pri...

Transgender Awareness Week & Creating Trans Spaces: December 13, 2023  

Transgender Awareness Week is held annually as a time of reflection that leads up to Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), also known as Trans ...

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Stories

Elaine Saunders sits in a chair with her hands folded in her lap wearing a black sweater and a black hat

Elaine S. Saunders  

Elaine S. Saunders is the Chair of the Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center Advisory Council, based in Washington, DC. As part of its goals, the Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center has the ultimate objective to make a joyful, improved, and quality-driven life for all of its senior citizen clients.

“Protect your legacy. Get your affairs in order. Make a plan and share it with your loved ones–I have.”

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Roger Kligler seated at a microphone

Roger Kligler, M.D.  

A long-time advocate for medical aid in dying, Roger Kligler is a retired physician in Falmouth, MA, living with prostate cancer.

“I want this option to be clearly authorized in Massachusetts in my lifetime—for me, for you, for everyone.”

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