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Compassion & Choices

We're an organization dedicated to improving care, expanding options and empowering everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

Compassion & Choices

We're an organization dedicated to improving care, expanding options and empowering everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

Learn what’s happening in your state. End-of-life planning resources
Learn what’s happening in your state. End-of-life planning resources

Celebrating Pride All Year Long: Reflections on LGBTQ+ Pride and the End-of-Life Options Movement

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Reflections on LGBTQ+ Pride and the End-of-Life Options Movement  

Every year, Compassion & Choices celebrates Pride Month in recognition and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. The end-of-life options move...

Compassion & Choices Disappointed by Settlement of Lawsuit Challenging California Medical-Aid-in-Dying Law  

Group Notes Some News Reports Overstated Terms of SettlementCompassion & Choices is disappointed about the terms of the settlement of a fede...

Compassion & Choices Presents Rabbi Ariel Stone with the 2023 Reverend Dr. Paul Smith Award in Portland, Oregon  

Last month, Compassion & Choices Faith Outreach Manager Zeena Regis presented Rabbi Ariel Stone with the 2023 Reverend Dr. Paul Smith award....

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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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