The Completed Life Initiative
A US nonprofit helping terminally ill people and their families understand and use medical aid in dying.
United States
North America About the society.
The Completed Life Initiative works to open up honest conversation about end-of-life options in the United States, and to give people facing a terminal illness, and those close to them, the information and support to make their own decisions about medical aid in dying.
Founded in 2019 by Faith Sommerfield and Nicole Nuttall, it runs a resource library covering every US jurisdiction where medical aid in dying is legal, with state-by-state guides to eligibility and the process, alongside material on advance directives, research reports, interviews, webinars and virtual conferences.
Its flagship project is The Sanctuary: a home-like residence on former farmland in southern Vermont, where people using medical aid in dying through licensed Vermont providers, including visitors from other states, can stay with their families. The Sanctuary itself provides no medical care.
What they do
- InformationState-by-state guides to medical aid in dying.
- EducationWebinars, conferences and expert interviews.
- The SanctuaryA place to stay in Vermont for people using the law.
- AdvocacyMaking the case for compassionate end-of-life options.
Where the law stands in United States.
Legal in 13 states and Washington D.C., and in Montana by court ruling.
- Status
- Legal (State Level)
- Member societies here
- 9
Other member societies in United States.
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A Better Exit
abetterexit.org -
Choice and Dignity Inc.
choiceanddignity.org -
Death with Dignity National Center
deathwithdignity.org -
Dying Right North Carolina
dyingrightnc.org -
End of Life Washington
endoflifewa.org -
Final Exit Network
finalexitnetwork.org -
Hemlock Society of San Diego
hemlocksocietysandiego.org -
Maine Death with Dignity
mainedeathwithdignity.org