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Compassion & Choices: Georgia Family Must be Allowed to Make End-of-Life Decisions Consistent with What Pregnant Woman Wanted

April 21, 2026

Hospital is forcing life support on legally dead woman until her fetus is at 32-weeks gestation, incorrectly citing state’s abortion law. A Georgia woman, Adriana Smith, has been declared brain…

Michigan Pregnancy Exclusion Law is Unconstitutional

April 21, 2026

Last week, Michigan’s law that denied pregnant people the ability to make important decisions about their end-of-life care–commonly referred to as a Pregnancy Exclusion– was ruled unconstitutional under Michigan’s Reproductive…

Michigan Pregnancy Exclusion Law is Unconstitutional

April 21, 2026

Last week, Michigan’s law that denied pregnant people the ability to make important decisions about their end-of-life care–commonly referred to as a Pregnancy Exclusion– was ruled unconstitutional under Michigan’s Reproductive…

Michigan Pregnancy Exclusion Law is Unconstitutional

April 20, 2026

Last week, Michigan’s law that denied pregnant people the ability to make important decisions about their end-of-life care–commonly referred to as a Pregnancy Exclusion– was ruled unconstitutional under Michigan’s Reproductive…

Michigan Pregnancy Exclusion Law is Unconstitutional

April 20, 2026

Last week, Michigan’s law that denied pregnant people the ability to make important decisions about their end-of-life care–commonly referred to as a Pregnancy Exclusion– was ruled unconstitutional under Michigan’s Reproductive…

Family of Colorado Woman Says Anti–Aid-in-Dying Lawsuit Is Misusing Their Daughter’s Story

April 10, 2026

The family of a deceased woman, Ana Nelson, whose story is featured on the End Assisted Suicide web page and in the United Spinal v. Colorado medical aid in dying…

Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of Challenge to Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying Law for Lack of Standing

April 3, 2026

United States Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak issued a Recommendation on Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law, United Spinal v. Colorado, that the Plaintiffs’ claims be dismissed and…

End-of-Life Advocates File Amicus Brief in Medical Aid-in-Dying Lawsuit at the Third Circuit

April 3, 2026

On April 1 , Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, along with Ryan Chabot of WilmerHale, filed an amicus brief in the Third Circuit Court of…

End-of-Life Advocates File Amicus Brief in Medical Aid-in-Dying Lawsuit at the Third Circuit

April 3, 2026

On April 1 , Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, along with Ryan Chabot of WilmerHale, filed an amicus brief in the Third Circuit Court of…