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Brittany Maynard, Death With Dignity Advocate, Dies At 29
The Huffington Post ^ | 11/02/2014 | Alana Horowitz

Posted on 11/02/2014 10:07:46 PM PST by Bettyprob

Brittany Maynard, the Oregon woman who had become an outspoken advocate for patients' rights following her terminal cancer diagnosis, died on Saturday, the Oregonian reported. She was 29.

"Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love," she wrote in a Facebook post, according to People. "Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness... the world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers... goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!"

Earlier this year, Maynard learned that she was suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma and had only six months to live. After hearing what the disease would to her body in its final stages, she decided that she wanted to die on her own terms.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: brittanymaynard; cancer; lookatme; maynard; mememe; oregon
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1 posted on 11/02/2014 10:07:46 PM PST by Bettyprob
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To: Bettyprob

And she will burn in HELL,


2 posted on 11/02/2014 10:09:44 PM PST by joyce11111 (he police minute)
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To: joyce11111

Whatever.


3 posted on 11/02/2014 10:10:32 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: Bettyprob

Bless her little heart. Beautiful little girl. Hope she is at peace now in Jesus arms.


4 posted on 11/02/2014 10:12:35 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: joyce11111

Sick sick sick. I missed the bible verse that says you get to judge her soul. Jerk.


5 posted on 11/02/2014 10:13:26 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: joyce11111

The only difference between her and the suicide bombers is that bombing part.


6 posted on 11/02/2014 10:15:50 PM PST by sagar
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To: sagar

And the fact that she had a terminal illness and was on her way out...


7 posted on 11/02/2014 10:17:08 PM PST by Bettyprob
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To: Bettyprob

dignity
1.A quality or state worthy of esteem and respect.
2.Decorum, formality, stateliness;.
3.High office or rank;.

Her suicide doesn’t fit any of these definitions. Especially not the first one. The first definition describes the qualities of someone who endures through bad times until the end. She took the easy way out. I’m not sure I’m qualified to condemn her, but sprucing up suicide by saying it is somehow “dignified” is stupid. She should’ve just said she wanted to kill herself because she feared pain. That is far more accurate and truthful. She did nothing good by killing herself, and no one in their right mind would say that she should be esteemed or respected for that decision. I might as well say I respect and esteem Hitler because he decided to avoid pain by killing himself.


8 posted on 11/02/2014 10:19:09 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Our fertitlity is not a disease that needs to be medicated."- Lila Rose)
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To: DesertRhino

I don’t know — a person who spouts pagan crap right before killing herself and makes an international public spectacle of it — with imitation suicides sure to follow, may not have the highest probability shot at heaven. Doesn’t mean she’ll necessarily burn in eternal torment either.


9 posted on 11/02/2014 10:19:13 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Bettyprob
You are not going to like this, but how did she know it was 100% terminal? Medicine and opinions change by the day, the hour. Another day and she could have been cured. A friend's mother died of ALS and until her dying day, she exercised as best she could and never gave up. She was part of the family, a rock that everyone loved and appreciated. No one can play God, abortionists, the state or individuals.
10 posted on 11/02/2014 10:23:59 PM PST by Fungi (If you do not like my post, don't read it.)
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To: Bettyprob

People commit suicide on a daily basis. There is no public outcry for them. I find myself struggling to understand why she thought she had to go public with her decision. I hope she found her peace.


11 posted on 11/02/2014 10:27:19 PM PST by DallasGal (First Generation AMERICAN, and damn proud of it)
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To: steve86

I didn’t see any pagan quote. But think you could give it a rest criticizing the thoughts of someone who’s brain is literally under attack? Thoughts do come from the brain, ,,,sometimes at least.
And the suicide straight to hell is a Catholic thing anyway. For extra credit, explain why the people who jumped out of the world trade center all went to hell. Did they owe it to God to accept being burned alive?


12 posted on 11/02/2014 10:27:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: sagar

The only difference in an airliner and a B-52 is the bombing part.


13 posted on 11/02/2014 10:28:35 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: joyce11111

Nobody knows that. All you can know is that if YOU committed suicide, it would send you to hell.

Her brain was stuffed with Death Culture propaganda her whole life. I hope that she was subjectively not guilty of suicide.


14 posted on 11/02/2014 10:29:46 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: DesertRhino

Of course, when a person is being burned alive, or feels absolutely intolerable heat from a fire, he has no freedom. No rational person believes the jumpers at the WTC went to hell for “suicide.”


15 posted on 11/02/2014 10:32:12 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Bettyprob

There’s no dignity and honor in suicide.


16 posted on 11/02/2014 10:33:12 PM PST by hope (Whom the Son sets free is free indeed!)
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To: Fungi

yes you have the philosophy of life, christianity. this woman is a believer in the death cult.


17 posted on 11/02/2014 10:33:29 PM PST by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Last I heard the only thing that sends one to hell is not accepting Jesus as your savior.


18 posted on 11/02/2014 10:33:37 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Joan of Arc rises to a point of order. ...


19 posted on 11/02/2014 10:36:15 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: joyce11111

You are disgusting...you wrote it with glee. Yuck, so glad I don’t know you. Pity your family.


20 posted on 11/02/2014 10:40:30 PM PST by Dave W
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