KOMO News, “SEATTLE — It’s been five years since the state of Washington enacted the “Death with Dignity” law, which gives terminally ill people the right to take their 
own lives, if two medical doctors certify that they have less than 6-months to live.
Barbara Coffin was at the center of that fight — a courageous woman battling ovarian cancer, she fought for the right to die on her terms.
Tuesday, she did just that.
Coffin was happiest with her family spread out around their favorite table — being with each other, loving each other, and living every precious moment.
“Right now everything hurts,” Coffin said on Sunday. “It hurts to move, it hurts to get up and down, hurts to take a breath. I have no energy.”
Tumors ravaged Barbara’s body for 12 long years. Wracked with pain, Coffin made the decision two weeks ago to start planning her death — to die, she says, with dignity.
“I love my family,” she said. “I don’t want people to remember me whining and crying not being able to function. Lying around moaning, I don’t want that kind of memory. I want people to remember me happy and alive.”
Back in 2009 when the law was enacted, Coffin was there standing proud. She was the first private citizen in the state to go public with her decision and to sign the Death with Dignity bill.
Her actions weren’t without controversy. Protestors decried the immorality of such a law. Coffin understood but respectfully disagreed.
“I think everybody has the right to an opinion, but we as humans have a right to do with what we want with our bodies,” Coffin said.
Sunday, Coffin said she was ready to die.” Full Article Here
With Dignity 