Compassion & Choices works to address the issue of euthanasia by making euthanasia a legal option and more available in the US. “‘What we’ve done in the legislature has only been possible because of what Compassion & Choices has organized throughout the state, throughout the nation,’” concludes California Senate Majority Leader Bill Monning in the video. (YouTube) Compassion & Choices is a nonprofit organization in the United States working to improve patient rights and choice at the end of life, including access to aid in dying. It was formerly known as the Hemlock Society. The Hemlock Society was an end-of-life care organization for those suffering with incurable illnesses, forms. It later evolved into End-of-Life Choices, which in 2005 merged
