Posted on 11/02/2014 5:40:12 PM PST by Steelfish
'Goodbye World. Spread Good Energy': Terminal Cancer Patient, Brittany Maynard, 29, Exercises Her Right-to-Die And Takes Her Own Life Surrounded By Her Family Brittany Maynard, 29, had previously planned to legally end her life on November 1 - before she loses her battle with terminal brain cancer She died on Sunday in her Portland, Oregon home on Sunday Maynard wrote on Facebook: 'Goodbye to all my dear friends and family' Added that she had 'a ring of support' around her as she typed Was diagnosed in April and doctors gave her just six months to live She then made headlines around the world announcing she wanted to die By WILLS ROBINSON 2 November 2014l According to friends and family of Brittany Maynard, she passed away in her Portland, Oregon, home after her condition worsened. The People said she wrote on Facebook : '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.' Scroll down for video 'Today I chose to die with dignity': According to friends and family of Brittany Maynard, she passed away in her Portland, Oregon, home after her condition worsened
'Today I chose to die with dignity': According to friends and family of Brittany Maynard, she passed away in her Portland, Oregon, home after her condition worsened
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I don’t see any dignity in this
This sucks
I understand her decision completely because of personal experience. I only wish I hade been able to say good bye to that person.
Maybe her family decided to keep with the original schedule without her?
That was pretty on again off again. I thought as of Thursday she’d postponed taking her own life.
Yet, no one has posted the Powers Boothe gif from Tombstone.
There is none.
RIP young lady.
May God forgive her for her sins and may she RIP......
I guess she forgot to inform Dr Kevorkian
Somewhere, Ezekiel Emmanuel is smiling and applauding.
While I can't say I fully agree with her euthanasia decision, I certainly can understand and overlook that little bit of subterfuge, if that in fact is what it was.
There are a number on FR that seem to know what is "best" for someone else. OK, but to mock someone in death is a little over the top. Keep in classy FReepers.
Neither do I.
And for those who might, I dare you to walk a mile, heck a block, in this woman’s shoes.
Regardless, HER choice, and I support/defend it 100%. If only my dad had such a choice.
It’s still suicide.
Who cares? I still applaud her decision, and her courage.
I’d probably do the same. No point in prolonging the inevitable and being a burden on your family. My grandad had terminal lung cancer and he deliberately chugged down a couple of sleeping tablets having had a glass of whisky the night he died, which probably wouldn’t have killed a healthy man but probably helped him on his way. He fought to live as long as there was hope but he speeded up the process within two days of being told there was nothing that could be done. He was a tougher man than I could ever hope to be, so I can’t imagine doing anything else in his position.
That said, this should be COMPLETELY in the hands of someone who chooses to do this, without any input from any third party. That is where the slippery slope lies. Anyone who wants to keep living until the bitter end should be able to do so without someone else deciding for them.
I don’t care how she wrapped this package up; she committed suicide.
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