Poll: Voters Support Death-With-Dignity Option
Nearly seven in ten California voters (69%) support a bill the California Assembly is considering that “would allow a terminally ill adult who is mentally competent the option to request…
People Honors Death-With-Dignity Crusader Brittany Maynard
The new issue of People Magazine recognizes Brittany Maynard as one of the 25 most intriguing people of 2014 for her role as “The Crusader” in the death-with-dignity movement, in…
Death with Dignity: Brittany Maynard’s New Video Released
Compassion & Choices launched Wednesday a national initiative for expanded access to death with dignity on what would be Brittany Maynard’s 30th birthday. The organization released a new “call to…
Brittany Maynard Dies with Dignity
Here is 29-year-old Brittany Maynard’s public story of bravely enduring brain cancer. She died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 1, in her Portland home, surrounded by family and friends. “Brittany has…
Will Brittany Maynard Die with Dignity?
Terminally ill 29-year-old Brittany Maynard has released a new video as part of her joint campaign with Compassion & Choices to expand access to death with dignity in California and…
CBS 60 Minutes to Cover Death with Dignity
CBS 60 Minutes has announced it will air an interview with Compassion & Choices Pres. Barbara Coombs Lee this Sunday, Oct. 19, about the risk for dying patients and family…