Compassion & Choices

This year has been a defining year for end-of-life care policy. In 2026 alone, more than 450 bills related to end-of-life care issues — including advance care planning, hospice access, dementia care, and medical aid in dying — were introduced across state legislatures. In addition to state-focused legislative work, we’re looking strategically at where we...

There are three separate federal legal challenges to Deb’s Law, which goes into effect on September 12, 2026, making their way through Illinois courts right now: Payne v. Pritzker, Kirchoff v. Treto and the newest one, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm v. Prince. We want to make sure you are up to date...

A documentary about medical aid in dying does the most good when the people who need it most can actually watch it, and now “Take Me Out Feet First,” the documentary series developed with Compassion & Choices, is available for free on YouTube. Season 2 has been announced and is set to premiere on the...

There is a coordinated attack on medical aid in dying from multiple organizations, on multiple fronts.  Recent lawsuits filed in New York and Illinois claim that religiously affiliated healthcare facilities and providers are being forced to participate in medical aid in dying. Both ask that the medical aid-in-dying laws in New York and Illinois be...

Name a topic that might be of interest to adults 50 years and older, and Shawn Perry has probably discussed it on air. Caregiving, pain management, faith, dating and sexuality in later life, grief, end-of-life care planning, saving money on Internet bills — they’ve all been fodder for conversations on Shawn’s radio show and podcast, The...