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Woman with cancer plans to take her life

Woman with cancer plans to take her life
29-year-old Brittany Maynard, diagnosed with brain tumour, expects to die no later than November 1.

Brittany Maynard will not live to see if her advocacy makes a difference.

The 29-year-old woman expects to die no later than November 1. If the brain cancer from which she suffers does not kill her in October, she plans to take advantage of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act and end her own life on November 1 — a few days after her husband’s 30th birthday.

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