May 2020 Newsletter

May 27, 2020

Note From the CEO

Living our lives to the fullest. Read More

Compassion & Choices Urges Federal Government to Rescind Waiver Compromising Patient Autonomy

The policy could result in some people receiving unwanted medical treatment while others are denied the care they want and need. Read More

Remembering Dr. Omega Silva

An ardent supporter and member of Compassion & Choices’ African American Leadership Council, Dr. Silva was instrumental in our campaign to pass D.C.’s Death with Dignity Act. Read More

Watch “Here Awhile,” About Nation’s First Aid-in-Dying Law, Starting June 9

The film stars actor Anna Camp, who is featured in the most recent issue of Compassion & Choices Magazine. Read More

Keep “Staying Stronger Together” With Us!

Our webinar series continues, helping us all stay connected and informed from a distance in these trying times. Read More

In the Media

Compassion & Choices National Director of Constituency Brandi Alexander’s “Covid-19 Crisis Highlights Ways to Combat Health Disparities for People of Color” ran on the front page of Inglewood Today in California as well as in three East Coast papers.
The Washington Post referred readers to Compassion & Choices’ COVID-19 Toolkit in the article “Fearful of covid-19, older people are changing their living wills,” which has since been published in five other newspapers.
Our efforts to stop a merger between a Catholic-affiliated health system and Oregon’s largest Medicare insurer were noted in Portland’s Willamette Week.