The story about Brittany Maynard, who on Sunday died under Oregon’s assisted suicide program, dominated American news for the last month. As former New England Journal of Medicine editor and leading assisted suicide advocate October 31 in the Washington Post, “Maynard, the 29-year-old with incurable brain cancer, is the new face of the movement to give dying patients the choice to end their lives faster and more humanely. Her youth and attractiveness have helped make her a national media story.” Indeed. The celebrity rag put Maynard on its cover,and , , , the , and a host of others gave her and her backers a forum to promote their cause. Maynard especially targeted her home state of...
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