U.S. hospital set to euthanize elderly woman who says on video ‘I want to live’

May 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A 64-year-old woman with lung cancer is allegedly at risk of being euthanized by a Minnesota hospital, despite having stated emphatically from her hospital bed in a video that is now going viral that she wants to live.

A hospital representative had apparently asked Catie Cassidy if she wanted to “pull the plug.”

“I said NO!” Cassidy exclaimed, recounting the exchange in a video. "I want to live," she said a little later.

She is captured on video, having told the chaplain for Fairview Hospital in Edina, Minnesota — reportedly sent by the hospital to prepare her to be euthanized — that she does not want her oxygen removed and that she wants to live.

The hospital had planned to withdraw Cassidy’s oxygen Wednesday morning, according to Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF), which would result in Cassidy’s death by suffocation.

LLDF Executive Director Alexandra Snyder told LifeSiteNews that Cassidy’s healthcare proxy was to meet with the hospital at 11 a.m. Central Time, and that specifics were still forthcoming.

The legal group released the video of Cassidy sharing how she pleaded for her life Tuesday, and said it is pleading with the hospital to provide Cassidy proper care while reviewing legal options.

source: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-hospital-set-to-euthanize-elderly-woman-who-says-on-video-i-want-to-live