Death With Dignity
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Dan Diaz Shares His Promise to Brittany Maynard a Year After Her Death
“Leaving our home, having to find a house to rent in Portland, find her a new medical team … nobody should have to go through that at the end of their life.” – Dan Diaz (Photo courtesy The Brittany Fund) Dan Diaz, the husband of the late death-with-dignity advocate Brittany Maynard, has been through a lot in the past year — but he says it’s only motivated him to carry on his wife’s legacy. “It’s been a tough year, just adjusting to things without Brittany,” Diaz tells Yahoo Health.
- NewsKorin Miller
New Brittany Maynard Video Released Nearly 1 Year After Her Death
A new video shows the impact of Brittany Maynard’s message that people have a right to die on their own terms. (Video: The Brittany Fund) Death-with-dignity advocate Brittany Maynard speaks out about her cause in a new video released nearly a year after her death — and just one day after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the state’s End of Life Option Act into law, following a prolonged battle in the state’s legislature. Maynard, who suffered from terminal brain cancer and quickly became the f
- NewsKorin Miller
Right-to-Die Mom Christy O’Donnell ‘Proud’ of Calif.’s New End of Life Law — But It May Come Too Late for Her
“I’m doing everything I can to still live while dying,” says O’Donnell, pictured here with her daughter, Bailey, on a recent trip to the Bahamas. Brown explained in a signing message to the California State Assembly that he came to his decision after speaking with supporters of the act and members of the opposition — as well as personal reflection.
