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Brittany Maynard, 29, chose to end her life earlier this week after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. In the months before her death, she became the face of the death-with-dignity movement and started a national conversation about physician-assisted suicide. 

I asked Chicagoans at Dearborn Station and in Federal Plaza to share their thoughts on Brittany Maynard and physician-assisted suicide.  



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That was four chicagoans sharing their thoughts on Brittany Maynard and physician-assisted suicide.  


Brittany Maynard and physician-assisted suicide

Panera Cares Community Cafes are a non-profit branch of the Panera restaurants that attempt to assist those with food insecurity. A Panera Cares in Lakeview has also made it their mission to provide a warm and open environment to the homeless. 


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Kyle Sparks, an Associate Trainer at Panera Cares, spoke on how the restaurant helps the community and the homeless in particular.

“If someone comes in and they aren’t able to pay the full value of their meal they can leave what they’re able to afford.”

“If they don’t have any money they’re able to volunteer for an hour and they get a voucher and that voucher allows them to get an entrée.”

According to Sparks, during the winter, the restaurant’s services are especially helpful for the homeless and provide them with something rare, respect.

“In the wintertime we do see more people more hanging out here and using this as a place of like an everyday oasis”

“If they are homeless that takes them away from like the soup kitchen aspect    umm it’s a place that they come in Panera a well-known company across America like its something that’s normal and established so it’s a place they can come in and feel like hey I’m here I’m coming up to a register I’m contributing toward a meal so its like it’s a way for them to feel like they’re a part of society still like a part of the norm.”

For Medill, I’m Dani Anguiano.


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