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FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, Dan Diaz, the husband of Brittany Maynard, the California woman with brain cancer who moved to Oregon to legally end her life last fall, discusses his support to the reintroduction of right to die legislation during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The law passed in California after 29-year-old Maynard died. Diaz said Maynard would be happy to see others like her don’t have to leave her home state to get relief. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, Debbie Ziegler, mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks to the media after the passage of legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives, at the state Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. The law passed in California after 29-year-old Maynard, who was dying from brain cancer, had to move to Oregon in 2014 so she could end her life. Her husband, Dan Diaz, said Maynard would be happy to see others like her don’t have to leave her home state to get relief. (AP Photo/Carl Costas)

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In this March 25, 2015 file photo, Dan Diaz, the husband of Brittany Maynard, watches a video of his wife, recorded 19 days before her assisted suicide death, where she says that no one should have to leave their home to legally end her life, during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The authors of a bill that would allow California physicians to help terminally ill patents end their lives, Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis and Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, did not present the measure to the Assembly Health Committee as scheduled because it did not have enough votes to advance, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Maynard, a 29-year-old San Francisco woman who had terminal brain cancer, moved to Oregon where she could legally end her life. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, file photo, Debbie Ziegler, center, the mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks in support of proposed legislation allowing doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients, during a news conference at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Dan Diaz, the husband of Brittany Maynard, right, closes his eyes as Maynard's mother, Debbie Ziegler, speaks in support of proposed legislation allowing doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients during a news conference at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. Maynard, a 29-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman who had terminal brain cancer, moved to Oregon where she could legally end her life. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Three California lawmakers are now promoting right-to-die legislation after terminally ill Brittany Maynard decided to end her life early under an Oregon law. (Associated Press)

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Brittany Maynard and her husband Dan Diaz pose at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, the final item on her bucket list. The 29-year-old terminally ill woman ended her own life Saturday at the family home in Oregon. (AP Photo/TheBrittanyFund.org, File)

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In this Oct. 21, 2014 photo provided by TheBrittanyFund.org, Brittany Maynard and her husband Dan Diaz pose at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The 29-year-old terminally ill woman has fulfilled a wish on her bucket list: visiting the Grand Canyon. Maynard, who has advanced brain cancer, has said she plans use Oregon's death-with-dignity law to end her own life Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 though she could still change her mind. Maynard and her husband moved to Oregon from Northern California because Oregon allows terminally ill patients to end their lives with lethal medications prescribed by a doctor. (AP Photo/TheBrittanyFund.org)

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Brittany Maynard, the terminally ill California woman who moved to Portland, Oregon, to take advantage of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, has visited Arizona's Grand Canyon, the final list on her bucket list. (AP Photo/Maynard Family)

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Brittany Maynard, 29, is diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, the deadliest form of brain cancer. (The Brittany Fund)