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Note: We are not a general legal services provider. We focus on legal issues specifically related to end-of-life care and patient autonomy.
Our experienced team of litigators work closely with our pro bono counsel to enforce and expand the rights of terminally ill people. Through our work in the courts, we fight to ensure that everyone can receive high-quality end-of-life care that is in line with their values, wishes and beliefs. In every case we are involved in, Compassion & Choices’ dedicated legal team prioritizes and seeks to advance patient-directed care.
Despite this decision, access to medical aid in dying remains a critically important option for all terminally ill people who wish to receive healthcare in the state of New Jersey,
The legislation would allow a mentally capable, terminally ill adult the option to request and self-ingest prescription medication to peacefully end their suffering if it becomes unbearable.
El Senado de Illinois aprobó y envió al despacho del Gobernador el Proyecto de Ley 1950, también conocido como Ley de Deb, una medida que permite a los adultos con una enfermedad terminal, mentalmente capaces y un pronóstico de vida de seis meses o menos, con la opción de obtener una receta médica para un medicamento que pueden decidir tomar para morir en paz y poner fin a su sufrimiento.
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