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Compassion & Choices' Signature Event

Join us on October 26, 2023, in honoring the extraordinary people behind our greatest triumphs and the next generation of change-makers paving the way for a stronger end-of-life options movement.

Compassion & Choices' Signature Event

Join us on October 26, 2023, in honoring the extraordinary people behind our greatest triumphs and the next generation of change-makers paving the way for a stronger end-of-life options movement.

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Forest Park Review: It’s hard talking about end-of-life options. This group may help.  

An excerpt from the Forest Park Review article by Tom Holmes, published September 19, 2023:When Jimmy Carter entered hospice care...

The New York Times: Letters: Broadening Access to Aid-in-Dying Care  

An excerpt from The New York Times letter to the editor by Bronx resident Jules Netherland, published September 25, 2023:Pau...

Chicago Tribune: Letters to the editor: Medical aid in dying in Illinois  

Excerpts from Chicago Tribune letters to the editor published September 23, 2023: Medical aid in dying in IllinoisI was moved by autho...

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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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