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I mean, its only a law for nine states here in the US.
Timoner knows how important the issue is because shes reminded on a regular basis.
Director Ondi Timoner with her father Eli TimonerMTV Documentary Films
Theres not a day that goes by that I dont receive incoming messages, she says.
Fan mail if you will.
On Instagram usually, but its on Twitter, too, and Facebook.
Sometimes people get ahold of my email Im not sure how.
But sometimes Ill be getting 20 messages a day.
Sometimes theyre from terminally ill people who are actually preparing their own deaths.
Its your own bodily autonomy at the end of your life that were talking about.
And it shouldnt be as controversial as abortion, right?
Because theres no other potential life involved, its just you and your body.
And why should the government be between you and your body?
And they dont have it.
They dont have it because theres such a stigma around talking about dying, she says flatly.
Were all so mortified no pun intended to talk or even think about it.
And its really very, very sad.
And then they cant help but respect his decision and perhaps understand it a little differently.
I think thats what makes him such a powerful emissary for this very difficult topic, she says.
Weve been in Congress, and weve been going state by state.
But were also meeting with members of government.
Hed seen the film and he was so moved by it.
He was like, Ive got you.
Hes going to help push it over the line, hopefully.
Because it should be a bipartisan-supported issue.
All this is just a fraction of whats been happening these last 18 months.
Its something that needs to be helped along by people who are still well, people like me.
I became an activist on this, she says.
