The Enquirer and cincinnati.com features Tom Bretz

“If my cancer progresses to a point at which it can no longer be treated and I’m facing the end of my days, I’d like to be able to determine what my final day looks like.” by Tom Bretz, Board Member of Ohio End of Life Options. Contact Tom to get involved in Southwest Ohio..

Jim O’Neil: In Addie’s Memory, It’s Time Ohio!

Jim O’Neil said, “I do not know what God has planned for us after death, all I know is that we will ALL find out at some point. I cannot believe that he is a vindictive God and would punish one of his children for accelerating the time of their meeting by a few days, weeks or months.”

Executive Director, Vigil Schattinger, featured in ANA-Ohio News Journal

From a Family Member to Activist: A Different Nursing Role – End of Life Advocacy, June 13, 2024

Ohio End of Life Options Political Fund

  Thank you Representative Eric Synenberg (D – Beachwood) for sponsoring HB 835, the Ohio Medical Aid in Dying Act. Track the bill’s progress on the Ohio House website. The April 23, 2026, press conference featured Rep. Synenberg, Lisa Vigil Schattinger, Executive Director of Ohio End of Life Options, and Ohio advocates Jim O’Neil, Michael […]

Kentucky Doctors Voice Support

Doctors who specialize in geriatric medicine say they’re seeing Kentuckians with advanced cancer and other serious illnesses travel out of state to end their lives on their own terms. It may mean going to Oregon, which as of [4/1/2022] will no longer require a person to establish residency to be eligible for medical aid in dying.