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

Celebrating Pride All Year Long: Reflections on LGBTQ+ Pride and the End-of-Life Options Movement

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Gobernador Lombardo de Nevada Se Convierte en el Único Gobernador en el País en Vetar Medida de Ayuda Médica para Morir, le Falla a Personas Que Se Están Muriendo en Nevada  

Madre que Está Muriendo Expresa Decepción por el Veto del Gobernador.  (Carson City, Nev. – 5 de junio del 2023) E...

Nevada Governor Lombardo Becomes Only U.S. Governor to Veto Medical-Aid-in-Dying Bill, Failing Terminally Ill Nevadans  

Dying Mom Expresses Deep Disappointment at Governor’s Veto(Carson City, Nev.) Governor Joe Lombardo failed Nevadans today by vetoing the E...

Reflections on LGBTQ+ Pride and the End-of-Life Options Movement  

Every year, Compassion & Choices celebrates Pride Month in recognition and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. The end-of-life options move...

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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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