When My Time Comes: Conversations about Whether Those Who Are Dying Should Have the Right to Determine When Life Should End | 
pickThis book features a conversation about the right to die movement and its legalization in America. The author speaks to supporters and non-supporters, but most of the discussions are very affirming. Laws have expanded since this book came out, so that MAID (medical aid in dying) is more accessible now. There is a documentary on PBS for these interviews. As each conversation about MAID does, this book touched my heart and only reaffirmed my ⬇️
JenniferEgnor belief that we all have the right to the choice of how and when to end our lives, just as we have the right to make any other medical decision regarding our bodies. Working in hospice and having family members with severe cognitive decline, I know what suffering looks like. And I know what I would choose if it were me, without a doubt. I hope this movement grows and the hearts of humanity grow with it. Autonomy is everything. 6d
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