“I want out,” Bennett wrote, “before the day when I can no longer assess my situation, or take action to bring my life to an end.” Her husband, Jonathan Bennett, a retired philosophy professor, and her children supported her decision, but she refused to allow them to assist her suicide in any way, as doing so would have exposed them to the risk of a 14-year prison sentence.
贝内特写道，“在我无法评估自身情况、或采取行动结束生命的那一天到来之前，我想要解脱。”她的决定得到了丈夫乔纳森·贝内特，一位退休哲学教授，和她的子女们的支持。但她拒绝让他们以任何形式为她的自杀提供协助，因为这么做有可能使他们面临14年的刑期。因此她不得不在有能力自我了断的情况下迈出这最后的一步。