09-13-2015, 11:17 AM
The story of Brittany Maynard, who had terminal brain cancer and pushed for the legal right to have her life medically terminated, was discussed here at Mock last year.
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Maynard (pictured above with her husband), 29, was from California where it's against the law for doctors to administer fatal doses of medication to terminally ill patients who have considered all options and choose to die at their own time, even if those patients have no chance of improvement and are suffering increasing pain as they wait to die.
Maynard moved to Oregon where laws allow terminally ill patients the choice of ending their lives under certain guidelines; laws that also protect doctors from manslaughter charges in such cases. She died - by choice, with grace and surrounded by loved ones - in an Oregon hospital in November 2014.
Brittany's parents and husband have since pushed for California to enact compassionate End of Life Option legislation, similar to the laws in Oregon, Montana, Vermont and Washington.
Maynard (pictured above with her husband), 29, was from California where it's against the law for doctors to administer fatal doses of medication to terminally ill patients who have considered all options and choose to die at their own time, even if those patients have no chance of improvement and are suffering increasing pain as they wait to die.
Maynard moved to Oregon where laws allow terminally ill patients the choice of ending their lives under certain guidelines; laws that also protect doctors from manslaughter charges in such cases. She died - by choice, with grace and surrounded by loved ones - in an Oregon hospital in November 2014.
Brittany's parents and husband have since pushed for California to enact compassionate End of Life Option legislation, similar to the laws in Oregon, Montana, Vermont and Washington.