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Brittany Maynard
Diagnosed on New Year’s Day
Terminal and aggressive brain cancer
6 months to live
Married to Dan Diaz for just over a year
Died at 29 on November 1, 2014
Uprooting
Moved to Portland, Oregon One of only five states where death with dignity is authorized
The "death with dignity" movement advocates that terminally ill patients be allowed to receive medication that will let them die on their own terms
Picked a little yellow house to pass away in
Established residency New home
New driver’s license
Voter registration
Husband took a leave of absence
Pets needed caregivers
Her Choice
Prescription filled for weeks
Gave her a sense of peace Rather than fear, uncertainty, and pain
If she changed her mind then she would simply not take the prescription
Hoped this option is available to her fellow American citizens
The Choice
"I've had the medication for weeks. I am not suicidal. If I were, I would have consumed that medication long ago. I do not want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms," Maynard wrote
One has the right to choose between life and death if they are medically in a state of misery
People should be understanding of one’s choice
Living a nightmare
Questions to Consider
Who has the right to tell one that they don't deserve the choice?
That one would deserve to suffer for weeks or months in tremendous amounts of physical and emotional pain?
How would one know the severity of another ones pain?
Why should anyone have the right to make that choice for another?
Works Cited
Ball, Howard. At liberty to die the battle for death with dignity in America. New York University Press,
ProQuest Reader. Database. 18 Nov. 2014.
Maynard, Brittany. “My right to death with dignity at 29.” CNN.com. Cable New Network, 2 Nov. 2014. Web. 18 Nov. 2014.
Salladay, Susan. “Death with Dignity?” Journal of Christian Nursing, Vol. 1. Journals@Ovid. Database. 18 Nov. 2014.