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.
I needed someone to hold my hand through this, and Compassion & Choices’ Legal team guided me each step of the way. They encouraged my persistence in advocating for myself and were absolutely critical in helping me get the healthcare I needed.
Kevin and the C&C team worked tirelessly to establish the right to MAID in Massachusetts with Kligler v. Massachusetts, a case in which I served as plaintiff. Although litigation was ultimately unsuccessful, the C&C team was always attentive and responsive to my needs. I would encourage others to get involved and continue the fight.
The experience of working with Compassion Legal has been a relief to us — a relief in the sense that someone hears us. Compassion & Choices, I hope, can make a difference.
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.
The lawsuit, Payne v. Pritzker, aims to prevent the law from taking effect and these four residents seek to defend their right to end-of-life care Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, along with pro bono partners at WilmerHale, led by Ryan Chabot, filed a motion to intervene and asked the court…
Ruling protects New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act and keeps law on track to take effect August 5 Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices today applauded the dismissal of a federal lawsuit seeking to block New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act from taking effect, calling the decision a victory…
Compassion Legal and WilmerHale file motion on behalf of New Yorkers whose end-of-life options could be directly affected by lawsuit seeking to block the law from taking effect Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, along with pro bono counsel WilmerHale, today filed a motion to intervene in Brooklyn Center for Independence…
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