His Wife Died on Her Own Terms

In 2014, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard transformed the conversation about medical-aid-in-dying, which allows a terminally ill patient with a prognosis of six months or less to live and is capable of making their own healthcare decisions, to self-administer prescribed medication to die with dignity. At the time, medical aid-in-dying was only authorized in four states, but today, it has been legalized in 10 states and Washington D.C. Additionally, many Americans are choosing to fly internationally to use medical aid-in-dying for non-terminal illnesses. With its growing popularity and more and more legislation being passed, Dr. Phil and his guests discuss dying on your own terms. With only one life, who says you can’t control your end date? And, is it your right to die on your own terms? (21012)
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[@skymoore212]

His wife’s case made me a firm believer in Death with Dignity. Bless his sweet heart ❤

[@Happydays14385]

Im so grateful Brittany was given the CHOICE. Listening to her interview about what suffering she would endure, im so glad she got to choose what was best for her!

[@vi3889]

I remember her. I’m 28 now, and I can’t imagine going through what she did at 29. RIP❤

[@vi3889]

Oops. I’m 29 now. ❤😅

[@humility1st]

@@vi3889 LOL Happy Birthday!?

[@camiba6773]

I am not understanding why people have something against an adult making a decision on ending their own life due to a horrible illness that is killing them. They need to mind their business and leave these people alone. You are not paying their bills or suffering with them.

[@SantanaCampbell]

In spirit, WE ARE suffering with her, and offering them to God for the conversion of sinners!

[@RWingoS7]

@@SantanaCampbell Cool are you gonna pay the monstrous hospital bills left over when every terminal I'll person dies who was kept alive longer than they wanted?

[@camlookrich6658]

May God be with you. @@RWingoS7

[@Patricia-l9v7r]

God bless her and her family. Her courage is amazing.

[@StrawberryJam806]

I remember this story and I have thought about it many times over the years. I can’t imagine how difficult this decision was for her.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I mean compared to what she was going to face it was probably not that difficult at all. It was probably difficult to accept dying so young, but I think most rational people would choose something like this over torture

[@leggs4113]

Before I clicked I knew this would be about Britney. The amount of hate she received was ridiculous. When I think about the dying with dignity act I think of her. She brought a lot of attention to it. Well done. Rip Brittney. I hope Dan is doing well.

[@nikirrae8495]

My grandfather is 95 with stage 4 cancer and I’ve never seen someone more miserable in my whole life. It breaks my heart every day watching his suffer. The fact that we can’t choose the way we leave this world is so sad. We can do it for animals but not for people.

[@SantanaCampbell]

@@nikirrae8495 Suicide violates the 5th commandment: 'Thou shalt not KILL.'

[@RWingoS7]

@@SantanaCampbell Cool, then you live by your religious beliefs and let other human beings live by theirs.

[@humility1st]

​@@SantanaCampbell Don't KILL then! Thou should not cram their beliefs down others throat Duitmyway6:66

[@propheteyebert7063]

@@SantanaCampbell So why did God command the Israelites to kill every man, women and child of the Amalekites?

[@lenaannis8787]

My brother in law had the same cancer. After the operation and for the last 9 months of his life there was nothing but pain. Like this gentleman says the worst are the seizures. After a seizure we had to take him to the hospital. In and out for 9 months... and at the end he fell in a coma for one day and died. Now that I have seen it first hand, i will make the decision they made. To all pro-life people , trust me for 9 months there was no life for him and the family

[@SantanaCampbell]

God begs to differ!

[@kaylas3105]

@@SantanaCampbell you don’t speak for anyone, let alone God

[@RWingoS7]

@@SantanaCampbell Well God gave him cancer, so apparently God wanted him to suffer also.

[@ryanwolf3950]

The idea that anyone should have to suffer needlessly to serve someone else’s concept of religion is just ghoulish.

[@truegrit7697]

You know that evangelical christians were the leaders of the hate pack. They are miserable and want to insert their misery into the lives of everyone around them.

[@mariayoung8860]

Nobody has the right to judge her unless they have walked in her shoes. My brother died from Brain Cancer himself.

[@SantanaCampbell]

'Don't you know that the saints will JUDGE THE WORLD, AND ANGELS?' ~ 1 Cor. 6:2-3

[@humility1st]

@@SantanaCampbell Thou Shall Not cram ones beliefs down others throats Doitmyway 6:66

[@Patricia-l9v7r]

Amen

[@80bbygrl]

Everyone should have the right to end it on their own terms if they are terminal and they don't want to suffer before they pass. Obviously it's not for everybody, but if a doctor proves it I think it should be completely legal everywhere.

[@starwarsmom]

I remember her and think about her often

[@Kelly-nt2rq]

I think this should be available to everyone.

[@truegrit7697]

This is so sad. It is so painful for this man to recall the horror his wife went through. My heart goes out to them. I wish evangelical christians would stay out of all of our lives and mind their own ugly business. They are a intrusive virus in our society.

[@SantanaCampbell]

Actually, they're the worm that'll NEVER DIE! THEY WON'T LEAVE YOU ALONE!

[@kaylas3105]

@@SantanaCampbell you’ve made that clear

[@joycesmith1742]

it's not just evangelicals....it's catholics too

[@Alanboy395]

This is really where I get mad at pro-life people. The greatest mercy you can give a person who is suffering is to let them have an option to shorten their suffering. That should not be determined in a state legislature but with a doctor and a family.

[@jannenefothergill2711]

Couldn't agree more. I am sure they would change their minds if it was one of their loved ones suffering. Who wants to have to choose to die really? It's a terrible decision to have to make. Leaving all you beloved ones behind. Nobody wants to do that. So when they do it's the biggest and bravest decision of their lives and everybody should respect that whether you agree or not. Imagine wanting to die cause you cannot stand the pain. R.I.P beautiful girl. Sorry you had to fight. XxxxxxxX

[@terrilandry1313]

Alan B, pro-life people,are against abortions. Killing another human. A baby that doesn’t have a choice, that is unable to fight for its life. This situation is much different than that. This is an adult making a decision over her own life. She is not killing another human being. She has a terminal condition, and is able to make her own decisions. A baby that is being aborted has no decision.

[@aileenj8180]

It's just the usual "slippery slope". Now there are incidents of assisted suicide because of "depression". I do, however, understand this woman's decision and respect it.

[@suzannerobbins6293]

I am pro-life all the way, but in this case I agree with her decision because she had a death sentence…no hope for a cure, so that is different than people who choose to kill a baby! Pro-life is not always not caring, or exceptions! She just chose her day to die….she wasn’t killing another human with her decision! God welcomed her home!

[@suzannerobbins6293]

@@aileenj8180 Exactly! I am against most assisted suicides, but she wasn’t going to live, and the pain would be unbearable! This wasn’t someone who decided they just wanted to end it!

[@snodge100]

They let animals die with dignity why not humans

[@pasqualinamichelaconsiglio9391]

We have this in Canada called, or medical assistance in dying (MAID). It was established in 2016. It is now up for debate recently for a new law will pass soon in March of 2023 allowing those suffering from depression or rather, mental illness to be including in medical assistance in dying clause. Some feel those suffering from a mental illness should be granted MAID. Well, others do not stating those suffering from a mental illness are not of sound mind to make that decision.

[@Happydays14385]

I don't think mentally ill should be given this. I have ALOT of mental health issues but they are temporary with proper medications. Terminal illness with no cure is totally different circumstances in my opinion

[@madamvaudelune3298]

My heartfelt condolences. My dear man died of cancer 11 months ago. I never knew that grief could hurt so bad But I knew that for my family, my community, even my pets, I had to live. Fate brought me to the heart of a chubby little Irish widower, bald and smiling. His dear wife fought leukemia bravely. Our affection is new, growing each day in the fertile soil of two hearts learning to mend the other The dear lost ones are never lost. His darling wife planted flowers of joy and love in his heart as my Jim planted the songs and poems and oak strength of his native Appalatia in mine. They have become part of the sweetness, the pure and honest intimacy and the compassion we give unstintingly to one another. No longer young, we laugh with innocent mirth as we see the funny things our bodies have become, remembering the strength and beauty and passion we gave, and recieved, with such gratitude from those we held so dear. I wish this wonderful man the healing and the strength and the knowledge that love is never, never lost. It goes on my friend.

[@humility1st]

What a beautiful soul you are! I have read your comments here and they are compassionate loving and gracious. Thank you for making the world better.

[@madamvaudelune3298]

@@humility1st 🌹🌷🌺❤❤

[@lynnecarroll9953]

I would definitely move to A State that honors ending your life on your terms. God bless you young man. And honoring your wife's legacy.❤

[@reenh462]

My mom passed away from this same type of cancer GBM stage 4. She suffered for 5 months then passed.😞 It's a horrible type of cancer.

[@louisecunningham9671]

Where’s the start of the episode

[@amytrapani4452]

Those who are prolife should actually support right to die because those who are who are terminally ill should have a right to choose how live their final days. I have a rare genetic health disorder. While I’m mostly healthy, i really never know what severe illness I could wake up with tomorrow from the disorder, it is that unpredictable. Example, during the pandemic I came down with a fever of a104. Somehow I survived it, but my doctors were obviously real concerned it could be deadly real fast. Had it progressed to a more deadly stage, I’d like to think I’d have the option of how to handle my health care. I have a big family and I have a big family and I don’t think it would be fair for them for me to just lie in the hospital a shell, as they already went through this once when I was young. Thanks for always putting patients needs first!

[@SantanaCampbell]

There's NO RIGHT TO DIE! God decides when you live and die, NOBODY ELSE!

[@RWingoS7]

@@SantanaCampbell So is healthcare of any kind against God's plan, since it could be altering when you die? Can someone use a defibrillator to restart someone's heart to save their life, or is that against God's plan too?

[@humility1st]

@@SantanaCampbell Thou shall not cram thou beliefs down others throats. Doitmyway6:66

[@dixieelder3203]

And Why is the anti-dignified death guy grinning like a jerk?

[@joshuakettle1858]

Booo on dr phil

[@Something125_]

Ok

[@MrJ0mmy]

😭

[@FuzzyRussian]

First

[@suzannerobbins6293]

First what?

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[@florpayan8788]

What does this have to do with the video?

[@7daeze]

I think she was being a little bit selfish

[@LMWast1]

It was her life, and anyone that says she was selfish is hypocritical. All people are selfish to some degree. Feel free to die a horrific death, but don't force that on others, under the guise of 'being selfless'.

[@donnaehlers3738]

Bull roar...

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

Suicide is an unforgivable sin

[@KevinGonzalez33470]

If and when a terminally ill diagnosis happens to You or a loved one of yours You will change your mind very quickly. I have been there and seen such suffering with My own eyes. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, even My worst enemy.

[@suzyq3771]

She didn’t commit suicide. She took a medication to ease her pain but it killed her. Morphine can do that as well. She made a choice to suffer or die in peace. If you don’t know how cancer feels you’re lucky. I have and it’s horrible.

[@donnaehlers3738]

This is not suicide. I commend her....

[@kimemerson4608]

​@@suzyq3771he telling what the Bible says. And he's right.

[@KyleG09]

@@kimemerson4608 Keep believing your dumb fairytales lol.