Debate Over Physician Assisted Suicide In NJ

Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who became an outspoken advocate for physician assisted suicide after her YouTube videos went viral, went forward with her plans to take her own life this weekend. She was suffering from a brain tumor and chose to ‘die with dignity' before her condition worsened and ended her life after taking a doctor prescribed, life-ending medication in Oregon. “So if November 2nd comes along and I've passed I hope my family is still proud of me and the choices I made,” Maynard said in one of her videos. Maynard's final comment was a statement on her Facebook page saying: "Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness; this terrible brain cancer has taken so much from me ... but would have taken so much more. Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!" Maynard's advocacy took on special meaning here in New Jersey because there is pending legislation making its way through the state house that would allow physician assisted suicide in the Garden State. http://www.my9nj.com/story/27266900/debate-over-physician-assisted-suicide-in-nj