Betsy Davis took her own life about a month after a California law took effect that declared that she had a right to. She had ALS, and so she gathered her friends for a two-day party that ended with her under a hillside canopy, saying goodbye to the friends who showed up. Read more →
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Tag: Right to die
There was a particular danger when Brittany Maynard announced in early October that she would kill herself in November, rather than suffer the agony of the brain tumor that is growing inside her head. What if November came and she didn’t want to die? Read more →
You have a choice, the doctors say. They can remove the tube that’s been helping you breathe and you’ll die. Which do you choose? Read more →