Compassion & Choices

Compassion & Choices is a nonprofit organization in the United States working to improve patient autonomy and individual choice at the end of life, including access to medical aid in dying. Its primary function is advocating for and ensuring access to aid in dying.^[1][2]

Compassion & Choices

Type	Legal and legislative advocacy, counseling
Headquarters	Portland, Oregon
Location	United States
Staff	80
Website	www.compassionandchoices.org

History

Compassion & Choices is the successor to the Hemlock Society,^{[3][better source needed]} and Compassion In Dying Federation; the organizations merged in 2007. The organization has a staff of 80 people located across the country.^{[citation needed]}

The 2011 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize winner, How to Die in Oregon,^[4] documented the work of Compassion & Choices of Oregon.^[5]

See also

• Act 39 in Vermont, the first state to pass a death with dignity law by legislative action
• Barbara Coombs Lee
• Baxter v. Montana
• California End of Life Option Act
• Oregon Death with Dignity Act
• Family Health Care Decisions Act
• Gonzales v. Oregon
• Brittany Maynard
• Vacco v. Quill
• Washington v. Glucksberg
• Washington Death with Dignity Act