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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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To: DesertRhino

What did I say she should do? What are you talking about?


81 posted on 11/03/2014 12:30:16 AM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Our fertitlity is not a disease that needs to be medicated."- Lila Rose)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Well said in post 71.


82 posted on 11/03/2014 12:30:32 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Jim from C-Town
You sir need to check yourself!

You drew a specious, moralistic distinction between Ms Maynard and the WTC suicide jumpers.

83 posted on 11/03/2014 12:43:05 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: Politicalkiddo
I don't think there is such a thing as: "death with dignity". She imagined a vain thing. Death is the consequence of sin followed by undignified corruption by fire, worm or rot. Though Mrs Maynard was her own executioner, there's no denying it, she is naked and rotting, she has no dignity.

Job 19:
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

84 posted on 11/03/2014 12:49:05 AM PST by Theophilus (Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
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To: DesertRhino
>"Last I heard the only thing that sends one to hell is not accepting Jesus as your savior."

Amen!

They will know we are Christians by our love. Some people here I have my doubts, but thank Him, I don't have to judge! Let the Shepard worry about the state of the lambs! It's HIS JOB, not mine.

85 posted on 11/03/2014 12:53:29 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: Theophilus
Death is the consequence of sin

???????????????????????????????????????
86 posted on 11/03/2014 12:53:44 AM PST by Nepeta
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To: rawcatslyentist
>"Last I heard the only thing that sends one to hell is not accepting Jesus as your savior."

Amen!


I've never understood why (non-Christian)but otherwise righteous people who have lived upright lives would be excluded from heaven and shipped out to hell, while those who lived lives of destruction, cruelty, and malevolence could get their heaven ticket punched during their last breaths on earth if they had a change of heart...I suspect God takes better notes than this.
87 posted on 11/03/2014 1:04:23 AM PST by Nepeta
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To: cynwoody

If she went to a government school or a non-Christian private school, it’s a certainty.


88 posted on 11/03/2014 1:10:49 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: DesertRhino

You are so consumed with hate for the Catholic Church that, in order to make a cheap point, you will deny something so obvious as that a person who is being licked by flames loses his freedom.

You should pray that nobody ever threatens to behead you or burn you alive if you will only deny Jesus Christ.


89 posted on 11/03/2014 1:19:49 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: joyce11111

If Heaven is full of people like you, I’d rather be in Hell.


90 posted on 11/03/2014 1:24:52 AM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: DesertRhino

Suicide straight to hell is not a Catholic teaching. Catholic teaching is that suicide is a grave sin but the culpability of the person committing suicide depends on things such as the person’s state of mind. Also a person who commits suicide has the possibility of reconciling themselves with God in their dying moments.

Objectively though, a Catholic who fully knows the teaching of the Church and who commits suicide without any type of extenuating circumstances will go straight to Hell.


91 posted on 11/03/2014 1:26:51 AM PST by impimp
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To: Nepeta
I think you're thinkin it too much. Let go and let God decide.

It's not up to us anyway. It's up to Jesus. He will ultimately decide who is, and who isn't his at the final judgement.

92 posted on 11/03/2014 1:32:12 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: Theophilus
there's no denying it, she is naked and rotting, she has no dignity.

And neither will you, more than likely, when you croak.

93 posted on 11/03/2014 1:34:00 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: DesertRhino

She was a saint.

The perseverance of martyrs under torture is miraculous—which is precisely why it is the cause of so many conversions.

Your assertion that the jumpers on 9/11 acted freely is bizarre. If you are serious, you should see a professional who is qualified to treat mental derangement.


94 posted on 11/03/2014 1:45:37 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: joyce11111

“And she will burn in HELL”

Because she chose not to fight a divine plan that includes a cessation of her earthly existence?


95 posted on 11/03/2014 2:33:35 AM PST by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: joyce11111
Burn in hell like this guy why didn't follow God's plan to be incinerated alive at the WTC on 9/11? Would you tell his family he's "IN HELL?"


96 posted on 11/03/2014 2:41:28 AM PST by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: hope

“Now choose life, so that you and your children may live”

Right. But in Brittany’s case, God chose death for her. She didn’t fight Him by launching on some hopeless regimen of medications that would’ve at best extended the suffering for a few days. She was given a death sentence and accepted it. The sanctimonious set can’t seem to understand that.


97 posted on 11/03/2014 2:51:31 AM PST by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: joyce11111

“And she will burn in HELL”

Disgusting sentiment.

I hope this woman found peace, and I hope the family stays strong at this hard time.


98 posted on 11/03/2014 2:56:27 AM PST by BurningOak (Live Free or Die)
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To: Maceman

Good morning maceman, I am sorry for your loss. I do not know how I would get by if I had to go through such a blow.

I have a friend who is in constant pain that can’t be fixed through current medical care. He is in agony daily and it’s getting worse. He has mentioned to me on several occasions that he doesn’t know if he can go on and implied that it could be better if he was dead. I’ve argued against that and tried to research solutions and treatments for him.

It’s crushing to watch.


99 posted on 11/03/2014 3:17:04 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Bettyprob

Just a thought to stir the pot...

Did Jesus commit suicide by cop?

He could have stopped the crucifixion at any time.

Flame away.

T


100 posted on 11/03/2014 3:57:37 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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