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Virginia lawmakers consider proposal to legalize physician-assisted death

Barbara Green poses for a photo at her home on February 2, 2024 in Falls Church, Virginia. Green, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2022, has been urging state lawmakers to legalize physician-assisted death. (Shaban Athuman/VPM)

In 2022, Northern Virginia resident Barbara Green got news no one wants to hear: she had pancreatic cancer. Doctors told her she likely had nine months to live. A year and a half later, the 79 year-old has defied the odds, but said she's clear-eyed about the future.

"There is no cure for pancreatic cancer," Green said. "It will kill me at some point."

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