Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old with an aggressive form of brain cancer who became an advocate for assisted suicide for the terminally ill, has died. Maynard took her own life at home in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, two days after her husband’s birthday, as she had planned. She had moved from California to Oregon to benefit from a law which allowed her to receive a prescription for lethal medication. Maynard posted on Facebook: “Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me … but would have taken so much more.” In her final video posted last week, Maynard said she wants others to have the same option.

Brittany Maynard: “My goal, of course, is to influence this policy for positive change, and I would like to see all Americans have access to the same healthcare rights. But beyond that public policy goal, my goals really are quite simple, and they mostly do boil down to my family and friends and making sure they all know how important they are to me and how much I love them.”

According to a statement from the nonprofit Compassion and Choices, “[Brittany Maynard] died as she intended — peacefully in her bedroom, in the arms of her loved ones.”