Right-to-die advocate Brittany Maynard ended her life on Saturday, activists close to her family confirmed Sunday night, NBC News reported. The 29-year-old drank a lethal mixture of water, sedatives ...

The day before what would have been Brittany Maynard's 30th birthday, her mother is publicly defending her daughter's choice to end her own life as she battled terminal brain cancer. In a letter ...

On November 1, Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old Californian with terminal brain cancer, died with dignity at her home in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by her family. I never met Maynard, but like ...

Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old newlywed who moved from California to Oregon to take advantage of the state's Death with Dignity Act, said a doctor’s remarks about her are "disrespectful and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A young woman who moved to Oregon to take advantage of the state’s assisted-suicide law took lethal drugs prescribed by a doctor and has died, a spokesman said Sunday.

Brittany Maynard, 29, is an amazing woman. She is a Berkley grad, a former teacher, an explorer, an extreme adventurer, and a dedicated volunteer. She’s lived quite a life. Now, she wants her death to ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Brittany Maynard’s ordeal is now over. On Nov. 1, the 29-year old with terminal brain ...

ALBANY – Dan Diaz has lobbied lawmakers across the country and gone on Oprah, all to fulfill a promise to his late wife, Brittany Maynard, who put a face on the debate over allowing terminally ill ...