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Lobby Day 2023
2023 Campaign Kickoff and Press Conference
Lobby Day 2022
2022 Legislative Campaign Kickoff
Petitions Delivered to Governor’s Office
New Mexico Enacts Medical Aid in Dying
2021 Legislative Campaign Kickoff
2020 Legislative Campaign Kickoff
January 23, 2020: The 2020 campaign to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act in New York opened today with a press conference at the state Capitol led by Compassion & Choices New York Campaign Director Corinne Carey. Also speaking at the news conference in the New York State Capitol…
Maine Enacts Medical Aid in Dying
2019 Spring Lobby Day for Medical Aid in Dying
New Jersey Enacts Medical Aid in Dying
2019 Legislative Campaign Kickoff
January 28, 2019: The 2019 campaign to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act in New York opened today with a press conference at the state Capitol led by Compassion & Choices New York Campaign Director Corinne Carey. Also speaking at the news conference in the New York State Capitol…
Health Committee Hearings on Medical Aid in Dying
April 23, 2018: The NYS Assembly Health Committee held a four-hour public hearing in Albany today on the proposed Medical Aid in Dying Act. The Act, similar to laws in seven other jurisdictions, would allow mentally competent, terminally ill patients to receive a prescription from their doctor that would allow…
Formation of New York Alliance for Medical Aid in Dying
April 16, 2018: The formation of the New York Alliance for Medical Aid in Dying was announced today at a press conference in the New York State Capitol in Albany. The Alliance combines the efforts of four organizations — Compassion & Choices New York, Death with Dignity–Albany, Death with Dignity…
Hawaii Enacts Medical Aid in Dying
April 5, 2018: Governor David Ige signed the state’s “Our Care, Our Choice” bill into law today, making Hawaii the nation’s eighth jurisdiction to legalize medical aid in dying. (The others are California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Vermont, Washington state, and the District of Columbia.) When the governor signed the bill,…
Spotlight on Our Work
February 6, 2018: Death with Dignity National Center has published a feature article about the work of our organization, based on an interview with Bonnie Edelstein and Jeff Baltes (our Director and Deputy Director). The interview touches on their personal experiences, the environment for establishing medical aid in dying in…
2018 Legislative Campaign Kickoff
January 9, 2018: Compassion & Choices New York Campaign Director Corinne Carey kicked off the 2018 legislative campaign to enact the Medical Aid in Dying Act today. Also speaking at the news conference in the New York State Capitol this morning were the lead sponsors of the bill — Senator…
Letter: Tell Lawmakers to back aid-in-Dying
Times Union September 27, 2017: We are undeterred. The recent state Supreme Court decision regarding medical aid-in-dying was disappointing, but supporters should understand that there is still a valid and legitimate pathway to achieve our goal.
Court of Appeals Dismisses Appeal for Aid in Dying
September 7, 2017: The Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, dismissed a case that sought to have New York courts recognize the right to medical aid in dying. In the case Myers v. Schneiderman, the plaintiffs (terminally ill patients, medical providers, and End of Life Choices New York) asked the courts to rule on the basis of an interpretation of existing assisted suicide statutes and/or equal protection and due process clauses of the New York Constitution.
Lobby Day for Medical Aid in Dying
May 9, 2017: Nearly one hundred advocates for the Medical Aid in Dying Act from around New York State, including a contingent from Death with Dignity–Albany, gathered in Albany today under the auspices of the Compassion and Choices New York campaign. After a morning press conference in the Capitol led…