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Thousands of New Yorkers Sign Petition to Pass Medical Aid-in-Dying Act

Advocates deliver petitions to Governor Hochul’s office; other legislative work heats up nationwide. Read More.

Supporter Spotlight: Beverly Morgan

The Washington, D.C., nurse, entrepreneur, activist and Compassion & Choices African American Leadership Council member urges others to author their own untold stories by taking charge of their end-of-life care. Read More.

Compassion & Choices Files Amicus Brief Supporting Death Doulas

The outcome of the case could force death doulas out of business, harming many dying people. Read more.

Thank You, Dr. Grube

Compassion & Choices National Medical Director Dr. David Grube retired at the end of 2021, leaving an immeasurable legacy of helping improve the end-of-life experience. Read more.

Recent Events Reach Big Audiences

The popularity of our webinars on facing a dementia diagnosis and voluntarily stopping eating and drinking as well as the End of Life Symposium reveal a growing interest in end-of-life issues. Read more.

In the Media

• Four radio stations aired an hour-long interview with Compassion & Choices Staff Attorney Jess Pezley and Senior Media Associate Meagan Williams, who also works as a death doula, about our amicus brief to help protect the First Amendment free speech rights of death doulas in California (to listen, scroll to Monday Night Talk Dec. 6).  Mercatornet published a story quoting President and CEO Kim Callinan and Legal Advocacy Director Kevin Díaz on the case as well.
• Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will notes Compassion & Choices’ advocacy and insistence on accurate language in the Washington Post article “Medical aid in dying should not be proscribed by society’s laws or condemned by its mores.”
• The Washington Post also ran an op-ed by Campaign Director Donna Smith about the harm and inaccuracy of the term “assisted suicide.”
• “When you are dying, the last thing you need is to go through bureaucratic barriers to access peace,” said supporter Amanda Villegas in a California Healthline  story discussing new improvements to the End of Life Option Act that also features board member Dr. Chandana Banerjee.