A 36 year-old Marine veteran who was diagnosed with terminal cancer three years ago and became a crusader against assisted suicide, died peacefully in the arms of his family on December 30.
J. J. Hanson (YouTube)Even though he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer three years ago – and told he had only about four months to live – J. J. Hanson is still alive and fighting efforts to legalize assisted suicide.
Nina PoetaCommentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
On the same day that Brittany Maynard chose to end her own life, a 17 year-old cheerleader named Nina Poeta also succumbed to a brain tumor but only after waging a valiant fight that inspired an entire community.
The drugs Brittany used to end her life on November 1The terminally ill woman whose controversial decision to end her own life rather than face death from a brain tumor, has passed away at the age of 29.
The drugs Brittany Maynard will take to end her life on November 1.Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of the Diocese of Portland, Oregon says the kind of death chosen by 29 year-old brain cancer victim, Brittany Maynard, who is planning to die on Saturday, "sows confusion about the purpose of life and death".
Brittany Maynard, the 29 year-old woman with terminal brain cancer who is choosing to end her life on November 1 has just crossed off the last item on her bucket list and is now prepared to die, as planned on November 1.
Philip JohnsonA young seminarian with incurable brain cancer is praying that 29 year-old Brittany Maynard, who is suffering the same plight and publicly announced plans to take her life with prescription drugs on November 1, is asking her to choose to fight instead so that her life and witness can be an example and inspiration to others.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSA 29 year-old newlywed who is dying of terminal brain cancer has decided to move to Oregon where she can end her life on her own terms and has vowed to devote the rest of her days on earth to fighting for the right of all Americans to access assisted suicide.
