Yes. But this thread is about euthanasia, not suicide.
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Another euthanasia debate
- Thread starter SomeRandom
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Yes. But this thread is about euthanasia, not suicide.
I think you mean living will. Has everyone completed one?
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Pretty much. If you code/or can't respond then no life saving efforts are done.
In some instances euthanasia is 100% a person deciding for themselves they wish assistance in ending their own life.
So I'm confused what your position is to be honest.
Such a decision should be made long before the subject is in a condition where they cannot communicate their wishes
There are so many gray areas, it’s difficult to give a definitive position, but as a general rule, I am against ending a life by means of euthanasia.
I have control over my own actions, but have no control over the actions of another.
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I remember when Terry Jack's re-made this song and dedicated it to his dying friend.
Its a good song.
Its a good song.
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If you are sane and suffering from a disease, would you like having the choice of having aid to end it all?
No. While I have no choice in having the disease or even the pain from said disease (pain can be managed), suffering, for me, is optional.
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I don’t think everyone has. It’s one of those things no one really worries about until someone else brings it up for consideration. Though that may well be a cultural difference. I mean given the climate of so called “ambulance chasers” in the US vs the rest of the world, if you get me?
Assisted suicide means that the person must take the lethal potion himself. Euthanasia means that it is administered by someone else.
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- viole
I watched my daughter fight an aggressive sarcoma for nearly two years, tell me one day that she did not want to fight anymore, and die in my arms 27 hours later.
What's yours?
You would do well to reread the OP and/or look up the definition of euthanasia.
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Oh. I'm for the former not the latter.
Augustus
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2 of my relatives opted to be euthanised in the past couple of years. Both suffering from terminal cancer.
They went out on their own terms surrounded by family and without having to eke out a few more month of life in constant pain.
I think we should have the choice.
My dad has late stage dementia, although euthanasia is not an option where he lives. He would have opted for it to be done when he reaches a certain point had this been an option.
Something like that is ethically quite complex though, as by that point the person won't understand what is happening and what their previous wishes that they made when they were more capable were. I'm not sure where I stand on that.
They went out on their own terms surrounded by family and without having to eke out a few more month of life in constant pain.
I think we should have the choice.
My dad has late stage dementia, although euthanasia is not an option where he lives. He would have opted for it to be done when he reaches a certain point had this been an option.
Something like that is ethically quite complex though, as by that point the person won't understand what is happening and what their previous wishes that they made when they were more capable were. I'm not sure where I stand on that.
Several years ago it was on the ballot in Massachusetts and lost. One of the questions raised, the possibility of misuse. Persuading another that they have become a burden, especially the elderly. So much of the pain and suffering and burden can be assumed through hospice or palliative care.
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Mine is not anecdotal, which is why it's better for a discussion like this. I'm sorry that happened to you, and I'm glad she was able to go that quickly when she wanted to, but that's not a typical story.
Take your own advice. Yet again, no one is asking YOU to decide when someone else's life should end. The question is whether people should be able to decide that for themselves.
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