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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

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World AIDS Day and the End-of-Life Options Movement  

In a conversation with Barbara Coombs Lee, Compassion & Choices president emerita/senior advisor, I asked why so many advocates for other ca...

November Note From the President and CEO  

Whether you celebrate Bodhi Day, Christmas, Festivus, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule or another winter holiday, December often involves reflecting on l...

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...

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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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