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Terminally Ill Mom Denied Chemotherapy Coverage By Insurance Company, Gets Approval For Suicide Drug

Terminally Ill Mom Denied Chemotherapy Coverage By Insurance Company, Gets Approval For Suicide Drug

Stephanie Packer, a mother-of-four has revealed that her insurance company refused to approve her coverage for chemotherapy treatment, but agreed to pay her to kill herself, the New York Post is reporting. Packer, a mother-of-four said her insurance company offered to buy her suicide drugs after California lawmakers passed a law allowing doctors to help […]

8y ago

California To Become Next State To Grant Right-To-Die Privileges

California To Become Next State To Grant Right-To-Die Privileges

In a new victory for right-to-die advocates, California may soon become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients the right to end their lives with the assistance of medical professionals. The California bill is based on an already existing Oregon right-to-die law that permits doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients with […]

9y ago

Terri Schiavo: Ten Years Later, The Debate Rages On

Terri Schiavo: Ten Years Later, The Debate Rages On

Terri Schiavo was declared dead on March 18, 2005. Although she suffered cardiac arrest in 1990, and was left in a persistent vegetative state, she remained on life support for 15 years. Schiavo has now been gone for ten years. However, her story remains a topic of hot debate. Following the cardiac arrest, Terri Schiavo […]

9y ago

Brittany Maynard’s ‘Right To Die’ Video: Denying Euthanasia Causes Agony, Indignity

Brittany Maynard’s ‘Right To Die’ Video: Denying Euthanasia Causes Agony, Indignity

Brittany Maynard died with dignity roughly four months ago, but that hasn’t stopped her from advocating for “right to die” legislation. Her family recently released a new video of Maynard giving a legislative testimony for a right to die bill currently being debated in California. If the state passed such a bill, it would be […]

9y ago

Brittany Maynard’s Husband Speaks Out About Her Dr. Kevorkian-Like Assisted Suicide

Brittany Maynard’s Husband Speaks Out About Her Dr. Kevorkian-Like Assisted Suicide

On November 1, 2014, Brittany Maynard’s husband assisted his wife in committing suicide. It sounds gruesome, but husband Dan Diaz claims it was more an act of compassion. Brittany, only 29-years-old, had terminal brain cancer. The illness started out with extremely painful headaches. Concerned, Maynard visited the doctor and learned that she had stage 2 […]

9y ago

Brittany Maynard’s Widower Opens Up About His Wife’s Final Hours

Brittany Maynard’s Widower Opens Up About His Wife’s Final Hours

Last year, Brittany Maynard made national headlines with her decision to die via assisted suicide. Although she completed the procedure on November 1, her story will live on through her campaign to allow others to die with dignity. On New Year’s Day 2014, the 29-year-old woman was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Although she was […]

9y ago

‘Right to Die’ Is A Global Issue: Debbie Purdy, 51, Dead In Great Britain

‘Right to Die’ Is A Global Issue: Debbie Purdy, 51, Dead In Great Britain

“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” These prophetic words by cowboy and comedian Will Rogers Sr. were stated three-quarters of a century before his own son, Will Rogers Jr., committed suicide by gun on a remote road after suffering two cerebrovascular accidents and a […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard, Kara Tippetts: Two Brave Women Who Made Different Choices

Brittany Maynard, Kara Tippetts: Two Brave Women Who Made Different Choices

Brittany Maynard chose to end her life before cancer could take it, but Kara Tippetts chose life, despite the pain and suffering. Both women were diagnosed with terminal cancer at a very young age. Maynard had recently gotten married when the she started getting excruciating headaches. Tippetts had been married for 16 years when she […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard’s Inspiring Email To Stranger Hours Before Ending Her Life

Brittany Maynard’s Inspiring Email To Stranger Hours Before Ending Her Life

Brittany Maynard, who became an advocate for the “Death with Dignity” law as she was battling an inoperable brain tumor, took the time to send an inspiring email to a woman she never met just hours before ending her life. Brittany sent the powerful email to Barbara Mancini of Philadelphia, who had sent Maynard a […]

10y ago

Newly Released Video Shows Brittany Maynard Pleaing For Nationwide ‘Death With Dignity’ Laws

Newly Released Video Shows Brittany Maynard Pleaing For Nationwide ‘Death With Dignity’ Laws

On the day Brittany Maynard would have turned 30-years-old, supporters of “Death with Dignity” laws have released a video showing Maynard asking for such laws to be passed across the country. Maynard had moved to Portland, along with her husband, so that she could choose when she died from an inoperable brain tumor. The video […]

10y ago

Pope Francis Denounces Euthanasia, Calling It A ‘Sin Against God’

Pope Francis Denounces Euthanasia, Calling It A ‘Sin Against God’

Speaking before a conference of physicians in Rome today, Pope Francis clarified his beliefs on euthanasia, calling it a “sin against God,” Economic Times is reporting. The Pontiff made the anti-euthanasia comments while discussing other biomedical issues, such as abortion, embryonic stem cell research (which he called “using human beings as laboratory experiments to presumably […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard — Sometimes All We Can Do Is Show Up With A Tender Heart

Brittany Maynard — Sometimes All We Can Do Is Show Up With A Tender Heart

At the age of 29, Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor that was going to wreak havoc with her body. Understanding the full picture of the impending and devastating effects of this tumor prompted Brittany to choose a way out of this realm that would release her in a dignified manner, and […]

10y ago

‘Reprehensible Act,’ Vatican Condemns Brittany Maynard’s Assisted Suicide

‘Reprehensible Act,’ Vatican Condemns Brittany Maynard’s Assisted Suicide

A high-ranking Vatican official, Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, called the assisted suicide of Brittany Maynard a “reprehensible act.” The denouncement continues the church’s long-standing stance on suicide in general. Brittany Maynard died November 1 from pills prescribed by her physician in Oregon. The 29-year-old woman was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on New Year’s […]

10y ago

Vatican Official On Brittany Maynard’s Death: ‘Suicide Is Not A Good Thing’

Vatican Official On Brittany Maynard’s Death: ‘Suicide Is Not A Good Thing’

Brittany Maynard’s decision to end her life through an assisted suicide instead of suffering with terminal brain cancer was condemned by a top Vatican official on Tuesday. According to Daily Mail, Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco de Paula believes that there is no dignity in assisted suicide. When speaking to the Italian news agency Ansa, the head […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard Dies, Bringing New Attention To Right To Die Laws

Brittany Maynard Dies, Bringing New Attention To Right To Die Laws

Brittany Maynard died this weekend after the terminally ill 29-year-old administered a pill prescribed to her by a doctor and in doing so re-ignited the attention and debate over right to die laws. After receiving a terminal diagnosis for brain cancer, Maynard decided to move to Oregon to take advantage of the state’s right to […]

10y ago

Death With Dignity: Brittany Maynard Ended Her Battle And Died On Her Own Terms

Death With Dignity: Brittany Maynard Ended Her Battle And Died On Her Own Terms

Three states in the United States have Death with Dignity statutes that allow physicians to prescribe lethal doses of medications to mentally competent adults suffering from terminal diseases. Oregon is one of those states, and Brittany Maynard was one of those adults. Earlier this spring, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, a fatal form […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard: Death Has Family Posting Goodbyes, But Brain Cancer Fighter Michelle Boyd DeJong Hopes For Life

Brittany Maynard: Death Has Family Posting Goodbyes, But Brain Cancer Fighter Michelle Boyd DeJong Hopes For Life

Brittany Maynard and Michelle Boyd DeJong have one thing in common. Both were diagnosed with glioblastoma multiform, a highly malignant and aggressive form of brain cancer. But while Maynard believed the answer is euthanasia, DeJong claims her family would be happier if she lives a single day longer and that it’s worth the fight. In […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard: Critics Decry Plans To End Her Life, Others Criticize Her Decision To Wait

Brittany Maynard: Critics Decry Plans To End Her Life, Others Criticize Her Decision To Wait

Brittany Maynard is facing criticism from all sides in her right to die debate. The 29-year-old, suffering from an aggressive form of terminal brain cancer, made waves when she publicly announced her plans to take medication to end her life. A video Maynard made explaining her her decision garnered close to 9 million views on […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard Will Not Die Saturday, But Her Brain Cancer Fight Is Not Over [Video]

Brittany Maynard Will Not Die Saturday, But Her Brain Cancer Fight Is Not Over [Video]

Brittany Maynard has decided she may not die after all on Saturday, November 1. But her brain cancer fight is not over and it’s possible she may schedule another future date to enact her plans for assisted suicide. In a related report by the Inquisitr, just this past week scientists announced that a new stem […]

10y ago

Brittany Maynard Completes Bucket List Just In Time To Celebrate Her Death On Saturday

Brittany Maynard Completes Bucket List Just In Time To Celebrate Her Death On Saturday

Brittany Maynard is approaching the day of her death, a planned event that she plans to play out on November 1st, 2014. A diagnosis of terminal brain cancer set her plan to end her life before the tumor consumed her dignity into motion. Rather than mope about and succumb to depression, Maynard wrote out her […]

10y ago

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