When the terminally ill Brittany Maynard took her life on November 1, her husband, Dan Diaz, took up his wife’s cause to have assisted suicide laws changed in the U.S. and is now pushing for a new law to be introduced in the couple’s home state of California.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court of the state of Montana ruled on Dec. 31 that physicians who help terminally ill patients commit suicide cannot be prosecuted, thus making it the third state in the U.S. to allow the practice.
When the terminally ill Brittany Maynard took her life on November 1, her husband, Dan Diaz, took up his wife’s cause to have assisted suicide laws changed in the U.S. and is now pushing for a new law to be introduced in the couple’s home state of California.
