Brittany Maynard intends to die shortly after her husband’s birthday at the end of October. On the day of her choosing, she is electing to take prescribed medication that will end her life.
Maynard, a 29-year-old California native, was diagnosed in April with glioblastoma multiforme — fatal stage 4 brain cancer — and given six months to live.
Maynard made a decision. She chose to move with her family from the San Francisco Bay area to Portland, Ore., because of Oregon’s “Death with Dignity” act, she explains in an article she wrote for CNN as well as in an online video she filmed to raise awareness about the law.
When Maynard was first diagnosed with brain cancer on New Year’s Day, she was told it was grade 2. She describes undergoing surgery, believing that she would have up to 10 years left with that diagnosis. But in a matter of three months, the tumor grew significantly, leading to her final prognosis.
(CNN) -- Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who said she had terminal brain cancer and would take medication to end her life under Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act," has died, advocacy group Compassion & Choices said in a Facebook post Sunday.
"Brittany chose to make a well thought out and informed choice to Die With Dignity in the face of such a terrible, painful, and incurable illness," a post on her website said. "She moved to Oregon to pass away in a little yellow house she picked out in the beautiful city of Portland."
I think all states should allow people to kill themselves (assuming they are of proper mental health to make that decision for themselves) if they don't already.
I think all states should allow people to kill themselves (assuming they are of proper mental health to make that decision for themselves) if they don't already.
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I'm glad that she will be allowed to do this. People should be allowed to die with dignity and not have to live a life of continuous suffering.
I think all states should allow people to kill themselves (assuming they are of proper mental health to make that decision for themselves) if they don't already.
Only 5 do
I'm happy she was able to end her life and minimize future suffering. I can't at some Christian leaders standing against her decision
I can't at some Christian leaders standing against her decision 
