Compassion Legal is your legal partner in navigating the final stages of life—ensuring your rights are protected and your choices respected. We believe that no one should have to fight alone for the care they want, need, and deserve.
Whether you're seeking help for yourself or a loved one, we are here to support you. Our team has helped families access medical aid in dying, resolve violations of advance directives, challenge unwanted treatments, and defend personal healthcare decisions from outside interference.
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.
In a recent decision that could have far-reaching consequences for people facing serious illness, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the rights of Medicaid enrollees to challenge harmful restrictions on their healthcare options. The case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, centered on whether individuals have the ability to enforce the Medicaid Act’s “free-choice-of-provider” provision…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a troubling decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, ruling that Medicaid enrollees do not have the right to enforce the Medicaid Act’s “free-choice-of-provider” provision. The decision weakens the legal protections that allow individuals to challenge harmful state policies that cut off access to care. The case has…
Wednesday, June 25th, marks the 35th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the fight for patient-directed care. On this day in 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, the first case in which the Court formally recognized a constitutional right to refuse unwanted medical treatment. For…
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