Brittany Maynard 29, who is suffering from brain cancer died in her bedroom last Saturday in the arms of her loved ones. Maynard got the world's attention when she posted a video explaining the choice to end her life through doctor-assisted suicide. In Oregon, doctors are allowed to prescribe, but not administer, life-ending drugs.
Maynard is an advocate of "death with dignity" law.
Sean Crowley, the spokesman for Compassion & Choices group said that she "suffered increasingly frequent and longer seizures, severe head and neck pain, and stroke-like symptoms. As symptoms grew more severe, she chose to abbreviate the dying process by taking the aid-in-dying medication she had received months ago." I can't blame her to choose death through this means. It's hard to bear to see a love ones suffering so much pain. For her and her loved ones choosing death is the humane way to escape the suffering and pain. A sad ending...