Should people be allowed the right to assisted suicide ?

pops

Expecting thumb(s) down, based on the quorum, but the concept makes me very uneasy.

I can't equate putting down a dog with my family or neighbors. I believe in folks choosing no extraordinary measures directives, but actively taking a life discounts healing and assumes a role only God has the rights to.

It can extrapolate into other areas as people are desensitized to the value of a life. Especially when, as someone here alluded to, a financial drain. On who? Society? Do we euthanize costly patients? Mentally ill?

It's a treacherous path...

We don't need a "right to die", we all will die.
My preference is to let it takes it's natural course.
Are we are so smart and can just jump in and interrupt?
Life is sacred. So is it's end.
I have held dying, suffering hands.
A kiss goodbye, not an injection.
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In Christ alone I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory let it be said of me
My source of strength, my source of hope
Is Christ alone

gross d

There are two rules about committing suicide.
1. You can't be drunk
2. You cant be depressed.

While I am not comfortable on any side of this issue, I really don't want the government making this kind of decision for a responsible individual.

frisbee45uk

yes i think we should have a right to say when we are ready for dying especially when you are in constant pain all the time.

sarah1962

yes i think they should if they have a terminal illness, its a shame to go out of this world in pain,give them a tablet and let them sleep forever, all the best

bugaboo

Euthanasia would be a good option if a person could take no more pain, and was suffering too much.

AmyBlue77

Yes-- to the second part. We should have the right to die with dignity, when death is inevitable or chronic suffering takes away all of our capacity to function. Why would anyone be against a "choice"-- choose not to if you want.

Dog Lover

When our beloved pets become old and ill we humanly put them down because we love them.

When we get old and sick.... we get to suffer and line the pockets of Doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.

Make sense to you now?

trichbopper

Absolutely. They should set up places like in the movie
soilent and green.

tikitiki

I think it should be allowed for terminally ill patients. It's their life, and I don't believe the government should have any say in it.

patrickc2020

It should only be people with terminally ill bodies. If it is there dying wish then its there choice.

robbocop

I personally think they should. The right to life trumps any and all other rights in my opinion. But if a person who is in their right mind no longer wishes to live, he should not be forced to.

Doctor assisted suicide is the most painless, dignified, and humane way to do this. Medical doctor's have taken an oath to help people and to ease suffering. I know that the Hippocratic Oath states "first do no harm...", but if a person is terminally ill and will live the rest of their short lives in excruciating pain, wouldn't be more harmful to let them continue to suffer when they want to die?

Wise One

I do believe so.

Red Dragon

It is so, so wrong that we let people die very slow and agonising deaths when we would have our pet dog or cat put to sleep if it was suffering to the same extent. I am speaking from the experience of loosing my dad to cancer. It is quite horiffic. However, I really cannot see anyway you could make euthanasia leagal as it would be almost impossible to prove (once someone has been euthansied) wether it was leagal or murder or whatever.
As horiffic as human suffering can be, doctors and nurses do a totaly fantastic job of helping to ease pain and suffering as much as they can, and that is the best we can hope for in terms of euthanasia.

Basically, leagalising euthanasia would open a hole can of worms, almost a Pandoras Box of chaos. Believe me, I have thought about this one a lot.

ALAN :-D

Yes, this ancient law is grounded in religious claptrap regarding that mortal sin - suicide.
If an animal is incurable there would be no hesitation in putting it to sleep.Yet we allow humans to suffer indefinitely.

punxy_girl

My husband and I have a deal. If either of us gets a terminal disease, they get a plane ticket to Holland where assisted suicide is legal. But yes, I agree with it albeit with certain safeguards in place. Emotional issues can probably be overcome so suicide is not a solution. But there are many terminal and chronic diseases that I wouldn't let my dog suffer with so why let a human?

Yes I do think if someone is suffering from a terminal illness they should have the right to die if they want to.

I do think it should be considered as a last resort. I think alternatives should be tried but if nothing is working and there is no way to improve their quality of life then I think they have the right as it's not fair for them to be suffering.

em87

if someone wants to kill himself let him kill himself. and thus if the person is unable to speak for himself and the relatives think it is in the best interest, let them do it. why do people constantly feel the need to bud in to other peoples lives. if they want to do it, let them, its not you dying. i think it should fall under the right to privacy in the constitution and yes they should be allowed if they are terminally ill and even if someone wants to kill himself.

lindyloo

Like everyone else here tonight, Ihave to agree that you should be allowed to die if you are terminally ill and in pain. Idont think that depressed people who cant cope should be allowed. I would have died long ago. Too many people would make the mistake as a large percentage of people suffer some form of mental illness at some point and life has a habit of kicking us in the teeth and getting us down. A lot of attempted suicides from depressed people are just a cry for help and never actually work but if they were assisted they would never get a second chance at life.

billybobbowinkle

Absolutly. Personally, I dont think that this question would have been asked if you was whitness to a loved one in a terminal condition and their pain could be eased with assisted suicide.

It should be handled by professional bodies like doctors who can offer no other medical help. and only offered to Terminal ill patients who have made that choice. Cronic and metal illness's should be discarded as a cronic illness is still treatable, and someone with a mental illness would find a way to kill themselves if they wanted to anywat which is a cowerdly way out, alhtough if it was Me, and I had been given a few months before my mind degraded, to a point that I wasnt who I am now I would like to go in dignifyed manor where there wasnt anymore pain, as sometimes the worst terminal illness's are the most painful to have and watch someone leave us with

hope this helps

kelly p

i think as long as the person in question is in sane mind they should be able to decide when the time is ready to end there life ma by if doctors were allowed to help so may people wouldn't have to put loved ones in such awful positions

dano718boy

As someone how have a life ending illness I would have to say, I'm still on the fence on this one.

Joe King

Just point a toy gun at a police officer. If you don't have one a table leg in a plastic bag will do

Pleasant Peter Perkins

Why do human beings go on about 'rights' so much??

You all do what you want anyway!

I don't understand this need you have for validiction...?

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