Brittany Maynard, advocate for 'death with dignity', dies

November 03, 2014 10:32

CNN reports: Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who said she had terminal brain cancer and would take medication to end her life under Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act," has died, advocacy group Compassion & Choices said in a Facebook post.

"Brittany chose to make a well thought out and informed choice to Die With Dignity in the face of such a terrible, painful, and incurable illness," a post on her website said.

"She moved to Oregon to pass away in a little yellow house she picked out in the beautiful city of Portland." In its Facebook post, Compassion & Choices, an end-of-life choice advocacy group that has been working closely with Maynard, said she "passed peacefully in her bed surrounded by close family and loved ones."

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