article_snippet: own life, in a case that echoes that of Brittany Maynard.
article_snippet: O'Donnell is now using what time O'Donnell has left to support a  Death with Dignity law in California, having been inspired by Maynard, the 29-year-old California woman who moved to Oregon to take O'Donnell own life last year, ending a long battle with brain cancer.
article_snippet: Legacy: Brittany Maynard, 29, moved from California to Oregon - one of five U.S. states where terminally ill patients are legally allowed to kill themselves - to take O'Donnell own life in November .
article_snippet: In memoriam: Three California lawmakers are promoting right-to-die legislation with the family of Brittany Maynard (pictured with husband Dan Diaz), a terminally ill woman who ended her life early under Oregon law on November 1 .
article_snippet: Brittany Maynard and husband Dan Diaz married at the Beltane Ranch in California's wine country on September 29, 2012 .
article_snippet: O'Donnell family - lead by mother Debbie Ziegler - are now trying to pass a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to kill terminally ill patients in California with drugs and dosages recommended by a doctor.
article_snippet: The practice is legal in five states, including Oregon, where Maynard moved before Maynard suicide on November 1.
article_snippet: Hoping for change: Debbie Ziegler, the mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks in support of proposed legislation allowing doctors to prescribe life ending medication on Wednesday January 21, 2015, in Sacramento .
article_snippet: The 29-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman had made The 29-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman public with online videos, saying in clips that were viewed tens of millions of times that The 29-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman should have been able to legally obtain life-ending drugs in California. '
article_snippet: Brittany Maynard wrote in Brittany Maynard final Facebook post: