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90-year-old woman opts for assisted suicide when faced with the possibility of another COVID-19 lockdown
The Blaze ^

Posted on 11/28/2020 8:27:54 AM PST by MNDude

According to CTV News, Nancy Russell, a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, opted for medically assisted death in October.

Her friends and family, according to the outlet, congregated in Russell's room on the day of her death, where they'd gathered and sang a song she had chosen to send her on her way.

Residents at Russell's retirement home often ate meals alone in their rooms during mandatory lockdowns, were faced with activities cancellations, and were unable to see family for days or weeks on end.

"These measures," the outlet reported, "aimed at saving lives, can sometimes be detrimental enough to the overall health of residents that they find themselves looking into other options."

Other options, in this case, are defined as medically assisted suicide. Russell's family told the outlet that their loved one chose a "MAID" — or "medically assisted death" — after she "declined so sharply during lockdown that she didn't want to go through more isolation this winter."

"She just truly did not believe that she wanted to try another one of those two-week confinements into her room," Tory added.

She died on her own terms The outlet reported, "On Oct. 20, Nancy Russell died with her loved ones by her side, honoring her wish for a death on her own terms. Before her death, she spent eight days at the home of one of her children, while family members and friends visited in person or called and emailed. They played games and told stories in the backyard."

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1 posted on 11/28/2020 8:27:54 AM PST by MNDude
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To: MNDude

Isn’t that a heartwarming Story...


2 posted on 11/28/2020 8:29:30 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the Guy who actually Won the Election.)
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To: MNDude

This is sad brutal reality of the lockdowns and being socially isolated.


3 posted on 11/28/2020 8:34:14 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: MNDude

Canadian, whata ya expect?


4 posted on 11/28/2020 8:34:43 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: MNDude
"These measures," the outlet reported, "aimed at saving lives controlling the masses, can sometimes be detrimental enough to the overall health of residents that they find themselves looking into other options."

That's right oldsters, vote Democrat/Communist. Be the first on your block, to put yourself in a box...

And it's one, two, three, four, what are we fightin' for?
Don't ask me I don't give a damn, Joe Biden is our man..

5 posted on 11/28/2020 8:35:49 AM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent.)
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“...their loved one chose a “MAID” — or “medically assisted death”


MAID, what a pleasant term for homicide/suicide.


6 posted on 11/28/2020 8:37:24 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: MNDude

Waiting patiently for some politicians to take a long walk off Banzai Cliff.


7 posted on 11/28/2020 8:37:29 AM PST by JonPreston ( )
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To: MNDude

Remember the movie “Soylent Green”? The next step is to take this ‘new protein’ and use it in the food supply. Don’t think that the Eugenicists haven’t thought about it.


8 posted on 11/28/2020 8:42:39 AM PST by silent majority rising
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To: MNDude

And this is what Dems want....and they want it for YOU.

If you’re white, conservative, support FREEDOM, and especially if your a Christian, they want you to DIE. And they’ll be more than willing to help you, ‘kindly’ or not.

That’s part of why this thing is engineered to make you depressed, morose, without hope, and thinking that it’s always going to be this way. They WANT suicides, even if they say they’re appalled.

We gotta have HOPE. We gotta be JOYFUL. We have to BELIEVE.


9 posted on 11/28/2020 8:46:46 AM PST by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: MNDude

Before her death, she spent eight days at the home of one of her children, while family members and friends visited in person or called and emailed. They played games and told stories in the backyard.”
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Why couldn’t she have just stayed at her kids home? Do they force you into retirement homes in Canada or are her kids so evil that they weren’t willing to sacrifice and take care of her in her final years?


10 posted on 11/28/2020 8:52:32 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid! )
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Nancy Russell, a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother,
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Not one person? A son/daughter, grandson/granddaughter or great “ “ can take in Grandma?

Selfish, Selfish, Selfish


11 posted on 11/28/2020 8:58:30 AM PST by HypatiaTaught
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It took ten posts for that question...


12 posted on 11/28/2020 9:12:01 AM PST by EEGator
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To: MNDude

But, she’ll still vote for the democrat in the next 15 elections!


13 posted on 11/28/2020 9:14:54 AM PST by Fai Mao (There is no justice until PIAPPS is hanging from a gallows.)
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To: hanamizu
“...their loved one chose a “MAID” — or “medically assisted death”

Trying to figure out what the 'I' stands for. Induced?

14 posted on 11/28/2020 9:16:45 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: HypatiaTaught
Not one person? A son/daughter, grandson/granddaughter or great “ “ can take in Grandma?

But they found the time to come sing a farewell song. Disgraceful.

15 posted on 11/28/2020 9:19:56 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: PistolPaknMama

Says she spent her last week playing games with her family. Makes no sense. That game playing could not go beyond that week?


16 posted on 11/28/2020 9:22:21 AM PST by MNDude
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To: MNDude

Hopefully there’s more to the story but imagine the poor woman’s nightmare if she was just waiting and hoping that one of her children would take her in but nobody was willing to volunteer and she was so sad alone that she chose death.

I guess I would have to add the fact that they were her children so she has some responsibility in their moral makeup.


17 posted on 11/28/2020 9:41:58 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid! )
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To: Right Brother

“Trying to figure out what the ‘I’ stands for. Induced?”


Well, they couldn’t use just the initials for ‘medically assisted death’ MAD; that wouldn’t sound quite so soft and cuddly, would it?


18 posted on 11/28/2020 9:48:29 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: MNDude

Just read another article about this same person and it seems she was an activist for the assisted suicide law in Canada. She had applied previously and the doctor turned her down. It was NOT what her family wanted but rather what she herself wanted.


19 posted on 11/28/2020 11:05:46 AM PST by Abby4116
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