Medical Aid-in-Dying Action Center

Compassion & Choices is leading efforts to authorize, implement and defend medical aid in dying  — a time-tested medical practice that allows a terminally ill, mentally capable adult with a prognosis of six months or less to live to request a prescription for medication they can decide to self-ingest to die peacefully in their sleep — so all terminally ill people who are eligible will have access to the full range of end-of-life care options.

Details on the provisions of enacted and proposed medical aid-in-dying legislation, accessing medical aid in dying, utilization and reporting statistics and public support for medical aid in dying can be found in our 2026 policy book, “Medical Aid in Dying: A Policy to Improve Care & Expand Options at Life’s End.”