A Connecticut woman with terminal cancer has sued the state of Vermont for only granting assisted suicide rights to its residents.

Lynda Bluestein, 70, argues in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that Vermont violates the US constitution by making residency one of the requirements to access euthanasia. Ms Bluestein filed the lawsuit with Dr Diana Barnard, who is licensed to practice in Vermont.

Ms Bluestein, of Bridgeport, told CBS that although she also doesn’t yet meet the city’s second requirement —having fewer than six months of life expectancy — she is determined not to lose control over her end-of-life care after she was diagnosed with her fourth, and this time terminal, bout of fallopian tube cancer

In the lawsuit, obtained by The Independent, Ms Bluestein said she was severely affected to see her mother agonizing before dying of cancer in 1979, only for her to also witness her father’s demise before he died from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

“[My mother] said, “I never wanted you to see me like this.’ I don’t want my children to see me like that, either,” Ms Bleustein told CBS. “I’d like their last memories of me to be as strong as possible, to interact with them and not in an adult diaper curled up in a fetal position, drugged out of my mind.”

In 2013, Vermont became the fourth state in the country to allow qualified patients to obtain a lethal prescription from their physician when it passed the Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life Act.

Ms Bluestein, a former public health worker and advocate, was given a best-case prognosis of three years in 2021 when she was diagnosed with cancer after going into remission three times before.

She lives within driving distance from Vermont but cannot benefit from the act because she is not a resident of the state, which goes in direct violation of constitutional rights, her lawsuit alleges.

“Ms Bluestein has lived a happy and meaningful life and does not want to die. Should her suffering become unbearable, however, she wishes to have the option of medical aid in dying available to her,” the lawsuit states.

It is also stated in the lawsuit that Ms Bluestein recently witnessed a close friend struggle with the act. She told CBS her friend had to establish residency to receive the lethal treatment.

She died earlier this year.

“Every other day or so, she’s telling me, she said, ‘Don’t wait until the end,’” Ms Bluestein told the outlet.

The lawsuit, filed with the help of Compassion and Choices, alleges that the act requirement also prevents Dr Barnard from treating “her non-resident patients with care consistent with her best medical judgment at one of the most important moments in their lives.”

Ms Bluestein said she wants to find a physician in Vermont in the case she becomes severely ill by the time she meets the life expectancy requirement.

“Ms Bluestein does not want to - and, indeed, cannot - wait to start this legal process only after such an unfortunate eventuality and, as a consequence of such delay, thereby lose any hope of timely accessing her desired end-of-life care,” the lawsuit states.

A fire in Watertown is believed to have been started by Watertown. WBZ-TV's Kristina Rex reports.

"I see plenty of people presenting with understated symptoms that turn out to be advanced diseases — but that one left a mark on my soul."View Entire Post ›

Here’s what experts say about staying up to date with booster shots.

Cherine Docherty shared every moment of her bowel issues on TikTok. She hopes to inspire others to not be embarrassed when it comes to their health.

Dr. Mehmet Oz's campaign defended his early embrace of hydroxychloroquine, saying, "he offered to fund a clinical trial at Columbia University."

The 36-year-old man came back from vacation, tested positive for COVID, then noticed a blistering rash. He was soon diagnosed with monkeypox and HIV.

Jose Leon was fatigued, achey, and losing weight. About a month later, he was diagnosed with Valley fever, and may be on medication for life.

"We cannot hide behind study protocols if we are not allowed to proceed," Dr. Mehmet Oz wrote in his email to Deborah Birx.

Amanda DeAngelis has gastroparesis, and her condition means she can't eat. She's down to 77 pounds. But the Allentown woman has not given up.

The Miami-Dade Police Department is launching an investigation after a viral video shows an officer refusing to let a pregnant woman go to the emergency room

Can you strengthen your immune system? Yes. There is genetic influence, but how you live, and your environment also is important. Here's what to know.

Statins provide limited use unless patients stay on them for life, research suggests.

The numbers of new cases logged by the Florida Health Department isn't changing much, but sewage levels belie that picture.

Emma Eggler, an 18-year-old freshman, was temporarily paralyzed by the strike but she's planning to attend class next week.

The ripple effect of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade is being felt in Louisiana, where a woman says she was not able to terminate her pregnancy after being told that her fetus would likely die due to a birth defect.

The FDA is now considering whether to authorize the first Omicron-specific booster shots, based on animal data

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Screenshot/InstagramNancy Davis has been through hell, and she wants lawmakers to do something about it—if only to spare other women the nightmare she is still navigating.The 36-year-old from Louisiana discovered at around 10 weeks of pregnancy that her fetus was afflicted with a rare and fatal condition called acrania, which means it effectively has no skull, and no chance of survival. But she was unable to get an abortion, she and her lawyers have said, be

Seven in ten heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if everyone could simply get a decent night’s sleep, a major study suggests.

While monkeypox may be STI-like in certain populations right now, this tells us very little about how it will transmit more broadly.

A dad mourning the loss of his 26-year-old daughter is sharing an emotional message on mental health. David Sheats shared on Instagram that his daughter, Savannah Sheats, died by suicide. Savannah Sheats, of Atlanta, was reported missing by her family on Aug. 17, and was found by police one day later, according to local ABC affiliate WSB-TV.