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Compassion & Choices

U.S. advocacy group (pro-medical aid in dying; generally progressive/libertarian-leaning on end-of-life policy)

Owned byIndependent U.S. nonprofit membership and advocacy organization (a 501(c)(4) with an affiliated 501(c)(3) education fund), run by its own board and staff. It is not owned by a company or individual. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Hemlock Society (as End-of-Life Choices) and the Compassion in Dying Federation.
FundingPrivate donations from individual donors and members, plus foundation grants. Past reported grants include Open Society Foundations money (about $1 million in 2010 and $2 million in 2013-14). It does not take advertising or sell subscriptions as a news business.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Compassion & Choices came out of two earlier groups. The Hemlock Society was founded in 1980 and renamed End-of-Life Choices in 2003. Compassion in Dying was founded after Washington State's 1991 aid-in-dying initiative failed. The two groups merged in 2007 to form Compassion & Choices, which combined grassroots advocacy with direct client support. It campaigns for state laws that let mentally capable, terminally ill adults obtain life-ending medication, and it also promotes advance care planning and palliative care. Its budget grew from about $5 million to $8.2 million between 2010 and 2011, and it has received foundation money, including from Open Society Foundations. Its own materials report two 2026 milestones. New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act was signed on February 6, 2026, and took effect August 5, 2026. Illinois has had medical aid in dying available since September 12, 2026. The group also says a coalition has brought lawsuits challenging aid-in-dying laws in California, Colorado and Delaware. Opponents such as National Right to Life, disability-rights groups and some religious and medical organizations strongly oppose its aims and argue it promotes assisted suicide. Because it is an advocacy group, its content presents one side of a contested ethical and policy debate. Its work is mostly at the state level, and the sources I found show no clear partisan posture toward the Trump administration.

Sources

  1. Compassion & Choices (Wikipedia)
  2. History of the Movement - Compassion & Choices
  3. Compassion and Choices - InfluenceWatch
  4. Medical aid-in-dying legislative updates - Compassion & Choices
  5. Compassion & Choices — Want Americans Dead (National Right to Life)

Profile compiled 2026-11-03; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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