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Terminally ill woman invited friends to make a casket : NPR

Terminally ill woman invited friends to make a casket : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp weaves the bottom of a burial tray. Brokopp enlisted her friends to weave her tray after a cancer diagnosis. Nic Neves hide caption toggle caption Nic Neves When MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp received her terminal cancer diagnosis, one thing she was sure about was that she wanted to make her own casket. Brokopp is in her 50s. She’s undergoing treatment for her cancer, but it’s not clear how much time she has. An online search turned up an artisan in Massachusetts who could help her realize her dream — and even bring along some friends to do it with her. The artisan in question, Mary Lauren Fraser, is a casket weaver. Winter is still in full swing on Valentine’s Day in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley when Brokopp and her friends make the road trip from Pennsylvania. They park their caravan of cars on the packed snow outside Fraser’s workshop, at the border of the tree line. Fraser welcomes them with a kettle of peppermint tea, and shows them around the space where they’ll spend …

MSPs to vote on assisted dying bill for terminally ill adults in Scotland | UK News

MSPs to vote on assisted dying bill for terminally ill adults in Scotland | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

MSPs will vote later today on whether to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland. Hundreds of amendments have been debated during multiple marathon sessions as the proposed legislation has made its way through the Scottish parliament. If passed, the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill would allow those aged 18 or older with decision-making capacity and six months or less to live to seek medical help to end their life. The final vote is expected to take place at about 10pm. Image: A doctor protesting against the bill at Holyrood last year. Pic: PA Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur, who put forward the bill, will meet with supporters outside Holyrood this morning. He said MSPs had the chance to deliver “a robust and well safeguarded law that would give terminally ill Scots with mental capacity the choice of an assisted death if they wanted one”. Mr McArthur said the bill has the “overwhelming support of a significant majority of Scots regardless of religious affiliation, political party or disability status”. “MSPs …

Terminally ill man’s heartbreaking goodbye to his loyal German Shepherds: ‘Not a dry eye in the house’

Terminally ill man’s heartbreaking goodbye to his loyal German Shepherds: ‘Not a dry eye in the house’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more An emotional final reunion between a terminally ill New York man and his two beloved German Shepherds just hours before his death left an entire room of doctors in tears. The man, who asked WCBS only to identify him as Mr. Spencer, was a patient at Columbia University Irving Medical Center whose dying wish was to say goodbye to his dogs, Bowie and Nikki, and to make sure they end up in a loving home. On January 30, in coordination with NYC Second Chance Rescue, the hospital arranged an emotional reunion in Spencer’s room, where Bowie and Nikki eagerly licked his hand and stayed by his side, captured in a video shared by the shelter on Facebook. “It was a tearjerker, seeing them get …

Peers propose GP requirements that would shut terminally ill out of assisted dying – Humanists UK

Peers propose GP requirements that would shut terminally ill out of assisted dying – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

New amendments tabled in the House of Lords would require terminally ill people seeking an assisted death to have a series of recent GP appointments, including mandatory home visits, before they could even apply. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision warn that these proposals would make the Assisted Dying Bill completely inaccessible for many dying patients and urge peers to withdraw them. Peers are due to debate the Bill today. Several amendments propose strict new eligibility hurdles: Amendment 19 (Lord Rook): Must be registered with a GP for 12 months and seen in person at least twice.  Amendment 20 (Baroness O’Loan): Requires four GP appointments in 12 months plus a home visit.  Amendment 21 (Baroness Grey-Thompson): Requires an ‘established relationship’ with a GP with detailed knowledge of the person.  Amendments 28 & 29 (Baroness Finlay): Introduce further requirements for GP home visits. Amendments 30B, 265A, 443A (Baroness Lawlor): Requires the GP to have known the person for at least two years and has seen them six times. Why are these proposals unrealistic and discriminatory: …

Peers propose GP requirements that would shut terminally ill out of assisted dying – Humanists UK

Baroness Coffey withdraws holiday ban for terminally ill assisted dying applicants – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

Pictured: Baroness Coffey. Source: UK Parliament, distributed under CC BY 3.0 license. Update: Baroness Coffey has withdrawn this amendment. We hope it was in light of pressure about its cruel and unworkable nature. Original article presented below: Liz Truss’s Health Secretary, Baroness Coffey, has proposed an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would ban people from accessing assisted dying if they have left the country in the past twelve months. Some would find themselves ineligible due to trips before they even found out they were terminally ill. For most, this would essentially act as a ‘holiday ban’, meaning that anyone who wants to travel abroad for the last time, or visit family members abroad, would be barred from doing so. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision are disappointed that peers are proposing such ludicrous and cruel amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill and urge Baroness Coffey to withdraw this one. Amendment 15 says that a person would only be eligible for an assisted death if they were ‘ordinarily resident …