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      Materials Everything we do at Compassion & Choices is about empowering patients to claim their voice and agency in end-of-life care.
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Patty & Ed O'Connor Both Lost Siblings and Share Their Reasons for Legislature to "Pass Medical Aid in Dying NOW"

Mar 13, 2020

"Patty O'Connor's 53-year-old brother, Jim, died alone because he didn't want his parents or sister or other loved ones to be prosecuted for ass...

The Arc New York – One of the Leaders in Supporting New Yorkers with Disabilities – Supports Medical Aid in Dying

Mar 2, 2020

The Arc New York, one of the leading organizations serving New Yorkers with developmental disabilities, supports Medical Aid in Dying. The ...

Compassion & Choices Releases Compelling Reasons #12-15 in Campaign to "Pass Medical Aid in Dying NOW"

Feb 28, 2020

Betty Rollin, the Emmy Award-winning journalist, former correspondent for NBC News and author of the 1985 bestseller, Last Wish, detailing her m...

Compassion & Choices Releases Compelling Reasons #8-11 in Campaign to "Pass Medical Aid in Dying NOW"

Feb 14, 2020

"Fay Hoh Yin and her daughter Monona are strong, brave and extraordinarily determined. They are quintessential New Yorkers. Fay doesn't want to ...

Compassion & Choices Releases Compelling New Video: Story of Fay Hoh Yin and Her Daughter, Monona Yin

Feb 12, 2020

Compassion & Choices today released a powerful new video featuring Fay Hoh Yin, an 87-year-old Brooklyn resident, battling incurable T-cell ...

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