“Death With Dignity” Advocate Brittany Maynard Ends Life
According to People Magazine, Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon. She was 29.
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There had been talk that she may delay ending her life until after her initially chosen date of Nov 1, but apparently she decided to go ahead with her original plan.
“Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me … but would have taken so much more,” she wrote on Facebook. “The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers. I even have a ring of support around my bed as I type … Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!”
Doctors told Maynard she had six months to live last spring after she was diagnosed with a likely stage 4 glioblastoma. She made headlines around the world when she announced she intended to die – under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act – by taking a fatal dose of barbiturates, prescribed to her by a doctor, when her suffering became too great. But it would be after she completed her bucket list, which she completed last month with a trip to the Grand Canyon with her family.
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This has been such a big controversy, but no matter what side you are on, let’s at least hope that no matter what, she is now at peace. RIP.
Credit: http://www.people.com/article/brittany-maynard-died-terminal-brain-cancer
