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Assisted suicide

mostly harmless

mostly harmless

Endlessly amused
What are your thoughts on it?

If a person has a terminal illness and they want to die with dignity and with some semblance of control over their own fate, why is that wrong?

I, personally, am for a person's right to choose. Whether it is abortion or their right to die with dignity.

(for the record, I don't want this to be another abortion thread)
 
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FatMan

Well-Known Member
Unfortunately, I believe that too many times the people left behind think more about what THEY want than what the dying person wants. I agree with choice, as long as it is clearly stated prior to any dehibilitation.
 
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Hacker

Well-Known Member
If a person is living in pain and anguish due to a debilitating disease, then yes, I think it should be the person's legal right to choose. I know I would choose euthanasia if I were dying from an extremely painful condition that won't improve with time, treatment, etc. I'd rather just get it overwith, why suffer. So yes I believe that it should be legal and readily available for a person to choose only under severe circumstances.
 
mostly harmless

mostly harmless

Endlessly amused
retrorich said:
I believe that any mentally competent adult should have the right to die with dignity and a minimum of pain through assisted suicides--regardless of health.
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Couldn't it be said that a healthy adult who wants to die is not mentally competent?
 
doppelganger

doppelganger

Through the Looking Glass
I agree that people should be allowed to choose how they die. However, protections should be put in place to prevent coercion, undue influence and murder. A well-drafted living will statute and an avenue for speedy court review in the event of a dispute is a reasonable safeguard.
 
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angellous_evangellous

Guest
doppelgänger said:
I agree that people should be allowed to choose how they die. However, protections should be put in place to prevent coercion, undue influence and murder. A well-drafted living will statute and an avenue for speedy court review in the event of a dispute is a reasonable safeguard.
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I agree.
 
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standing_alone

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In any case of a mentally competent adult suffering from a terminal illness, I believe without a doubt that that adult should be able to have the option of assissted suicide. I could even see allowing perfectly healthy, competent adults being allowed assissted suicide. In the case of mental illness, I'm not quite sure - that's when mental competence gets hazy. People have a right to their body and to do with it what they wish, therefore a competent person should be able to decide whether or not they want to keep on living.
 
McBell

McBell

Resident Sourpuss
mostly harmless said:
Couldn't it be said that a healthy adult who wants to die is not mentally competent?
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Only if you make the assumption that only mentally incompetent people would want to die.
 
jamaesi

jamaesi

To Save A Lamb
Praytell, how is death in any way dignified?

I am against most assisted suicide until the health care system has a majour overhaul and is fixed. Too many people want to or even try to kill themselves instead of trying treatment out of many fears like fear of it not working, fear of how they are to pay for it, fear that they will be a burden on their family.
 
Radio Frequency X

Radio Frequency X

World Leader Pretend
mostly harmless said:
What are your thoughts on it?

If a person has a terminal illness and they want to die with dignity and with some semblance of control over their own fate, why is that wrong?

I, personally, am for a person's right to choose. Whether it is abortion or their right to die with dignity.

(for the record, I don't want this to be another abortion thread)
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I don't think anyone can die with dignity, but I don't see why people shouldn't be able to take their own lives, and to recieve help.
 
retrorich

retrorich

SUPER NOT-A-MOD
jamaesi said:
Praytell, how is death in any way dignified?
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It is far more dignified for a person to die from a professionally administered lethal injection than to die by blowing his/her brains all over a room or jumping from a building.
 
jamaesi

jamaesi

To Save A Lamb
It is far more dignified for a person to die from a professionally administered lethal injection than to die by blowing his/her brains all over a room or jumping from a building.
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At the end, they're still both dead.
 
Tigress

Tigress

Working-Class W*nch.
FatMan said:
Unfortunately, I believe that too many times the people left behind think more about what THEY want than what the dying person wants. I agree with choice, as long as it is clearly stated prior to any dehibilitation.
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I agree. :yes:
 
Booko

Booko

Deviled Hen
doppelgänger said:
I agree that people should be allowed to choose how they die. However, protections should be put in place to prevent coercion, undue influence and murder. A well-drafted living will statute and an avenue for speedy court review in the event of a dispute is a reasonable safeguard.
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This is one of my major issues with assisted suicide. It's too easy for someone who is ill to cave into pressure.

Heck, for the past few years I've been a pseudo-invalid, not with any terminal disease, and I'm stubborn as ****, but there were days that I could've been pressured into assisted suicide if I had unscrupulous family members or was more compliant. :eek:

The other major problem I have with it is the fact that so many people with terminal illnesses are in terrible pain, and the problem is often poor pain management. I'd rather figure out a way to alleviate the pain first, before seeing someone feel like suicide is their only option.
 
Booko

Booko

Deviled Hen
jamaesi said:
At the end, they're still both dead.
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Yes, but the difference is, if you blow your brains out, your family members will be the ones who discover you in that state, and it ain't pretty seeing brains spattered about.

It's not the way I'd like to remember any friend or family member of mine.
 
Tigress

Tigress

Working-Class W*nch.
Booko said:
This is one of my major issues with assisted suicide. It's too easy for someone who is ill to cave into pressure.

Heck, for the past few years I've been a pseudo-invalid, not with any terminal disease, and I'm stubborn as ****, but there were days that I could've been pressured into assisted suicide if I had unscrupulous family members or was more compliant. :eek:

The other major problem I have with it is the fact that so many people with terminal illnesses are in terrible pain, and the problem is often poor pain management. I'd rather figure out a way to alleviate the pain first, before seeing someone feel like suicide is their only option.
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Perhaps it would be proper to have the patient undergo a psych evalutation prior to commitment, then?
 
Kungfuzed

Kungfuzed

Student Nurse
Tigress said:
Perhaps it would be proper to have the patient undergo a psych evalutation prior to commitment, then?
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Who, in their right mind, would want to commit suicide? Wouldn't every patient that asks for assisted suicide fail the evalutation? What respectable psychiatrist would wan't to be responsible for telling a patient it's ok to do it?
 
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