‘Exit plan’ for terminally ill may bypass lawmakers

Jennifer Holm sat in front of a microphone at the state Capitol this month, explaining in excruciating detail for lawmakers and a roomful of Iowans the gruesome death that awaits her. The 45-year-old married mom says she feels duty bound to put her private medical battle on public display.

The so-called right-to-die movement is personal to Holm, stricken with two deadly diseases: carcinoid cancer and sarcoidosis. In recent months, she has emerged as an increasingly vocal advocate for legalizing physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill....
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