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Mother with MND to End Life by Stopping Eating and Drinking After Daughter’s Exams

She plans to move into hospice care to spare her children from witnessing the most harrowing stages of her illness.

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Overview

  • Emma Bray received her motor neurone disease diagnosis in July 2023 after a three-year search for answers and now cannot use her limbs or feed herself unaided.
  • She will begin voluntarily stopping eating and drinking this summer once her daughter’s exams conclude, with hospice staff providing comfort over the anticipated 10- to 14-day process.
  • Bray has organised her funeral and eulogy and aims for a calm passing to protect her two teenage children from the traumatic decline associated with MND.
  • She supports the Assisted Dying Bill, arguing it would give legal clarity and protection to patients with less than six months to live seeking control over their deaths.
  • Currently cared for at home by multiple daily carers, Bray envisions her final days surrounded by music, friends and family to ensure dignity and solace.