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Paula K. Parker

Paula Parker is a contributing writer for Citizen magazine.

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Different Pathways

When Brittany Maynard committed suicide last November to avoid the prolonged pain of terminal brain cancer, leftist activists began using her story to push bills legalizing physician-assisted suicide. Meanwhile, other terminal cancer patients-like Kara Tippetts of Colorado-say a “dignified death” means living every moment of God-ordained life.