From USA Today:
"Brittany Maynard, right-to-die advocate, ends her life"
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old face of the controversial right-to-death movement, has died. She captivated millions via social media with her public decision to end her life. Sean Crowley, spokesman for the non-profit organization Compassion & Choices, confirmed Maynard's death Sunday evening. "She died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 1 in her Portland home, surrounded by family and friends," according to a statement from Compassion & Choices. The statement said Maynard suffered "increasingly frequent and longer seizures, severe head and neck pain, and stroke-like symptoms." She chose to take the "aid-in-dying medication she received months ago." Her death brings a new element to the movement in the age of social media because the conversation has included younger people. "She's changed the debate by changing the audience of the debate," Abraham Schwab, an associate professor of philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, told the Associated Press earlier. One commenter on Twitter posted, "RIP #BrittanyMaynard. To die with dignity still eludes many. May you find peace." Another had mixed feelings. "Brain cancer is a horrific way to die but, being raised traditional Catholic, suicide still a no-no," a commenter wrote. Maynard was diagnosed with a stage 4 malignant brain tumor. She moved with her family from California to Oregon, where she could legally die with medication prescribed under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.
Maynard's YouTube video posted on Oct. 6 has received 9.5 million page views to date. In the video she explained her diagnosis and how she planned to die. "I plan to be surrounded by my immediate family," she said in the video. "I will die upstairs in my bedroom that I share with my husband (...)and pass peacefully with some music I like in the background." Four other states, including Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico, allow patients to seek help from doctors in dying.
^ No one can judge a person who is in extreme pain and facing their own death unless they are going through the same thing. I helped someone for almost 10 years as they suffered and eventually passed away and know how awful it is. The fact that only 4 states allow doctor-assisted suicide is just sad. We have no problems putting our dogs and cats out of extreme pain yet we want our friends, family and loved ones to suffer. I'm not saying doctor-assisted suicide is for everyone who is dying, but they at least deserve the right to have the option. ^
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/11/02/brittany-maynard-/18390069/
"Brittany Maynard, right-to-die advocate, ends her life"
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old face of the controversial right-to-death movement, has died. She captivated millions via social media with her public decision to end her life. Sean Crowley, spokesman for the non-profit organization Compassion & Choices, confirmed Maynard's death Sunday evening. "She died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 1 in her Portland home, surrounded by family and friends," according to a statement from Compassion & Choices. The statement said Maynard suffered "increasingly frequent and longer seizures, severe head and neck pain, and stroke-like symptoms." She chose to take the "aid-in-dying medication she received months ago." Her death brings a new element to the movement in the age of social media because the conversation has included younger people. "She's changed the debate by changing the audience of the debate," Abraham Schwab, an associate professor of philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, told the Associated Press earlier. One commenter on Twitter posted, "RIP #BrittanyMaynard. To die with dignity still eludes many. May you find peace." Another had mixed feelings. "Brain cancer is a horrific way to die but, being raised traditional Catholic, suicide still a no-no," a commenter wrote. Maynard was diagnosed with a stage 4 malignant brain tumor. She moved with her family from California to Oregon, where she could legally die with medication prescribed under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.
Maynard's YouTube video posted on Oct. 6 has received 9.5 million page views to date. In the video she explained her diagnosis and how she planned to die. "I plan to be surrounded by my immediate family," she said in the video. "I will die upstairs in my bedroom that I share with my husband (...)and pass peacefully with some music I like in the background." Four other states, including Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico, allow patients to seek help from doctors in dying.
^ No one can judge a person who is in extreme pain and facing their own death unless they are going through the same thing. I helped someone for almost 10 years as they suffered and eventually passed away and know how awful it is. The fact that only 4 states allow doctor-assisted suicide is just sad. We have no problems putting our dogs and cats out of extreme pain yet we want our friends, family and loved ones to suffer. I'm not saying doctor-assisted suicide is for everyone who is dying, but they at least deserve the right to have the option. ^
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/11/02/brittany-maynard-/18390069/
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