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from:msnbc.comAdvocates say doctors in Montana have helped at least one patient commit suicide since a court ruled it wasn't illegal. But the state has no way of knowing how many others there may be, who is doing it or even how it is being done.
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Good. If someone is terminal, and in pain, and of their right mind, and has the blessing of their doctor and/or family then this should be allowed. It's none of anyone elses business if someone chooses to do this and has support.
However, People should let their loved ones know and should discuss "if this ever happened" so that these wishes could be carried out if need be without family conflict. Put it in writing even.
Sorry Scott, I don't agree. Speaking as a Catholic it is never OK to take human life. I am against abortion, the death penalty, and assisted suicide. The fact that someone wants to end their life shows they are not thinking rationally. I know/have known many people in extreme pain who lived their lives to the point at which the good Lord brought them home. It is not easy, nor is it easy to watch but there are graces given the person who suffers and if they put their pain together with the Lord's suffering great is their reward. Many would like to believe people who do this are sent to hell, I will not comment as this would be judgemental and only God will decide as his mercy is boundless. For the people who help someone kill themselves the judgement will be more severe, again the one helping has the greater sin. I pray for all who think suicide is the only way, and I pray for those who help them.
right: In one breath you say your basis for believing assisted suicide is wrong is founded in your belief in God and in the very next breath you say you don't want to be judgemental? Step back and think about that for a second. I would say this to you...do you honestly believe that a compassionate God would want people to suffer needlessly? And you're wrong about assisted suicide not being a rational decision. People who decide to end their lives due to overwhelming pain caused by terminal illness often give quite a bit of thought to it. They discuss it with their loved ones, make a plan that includes their loved ones and take the time to say good-bye. This isn't like a person suffering from depression deciding to take their own life. My family knows that if I were to find myself in a situation where an illness would be prolonged and terminal, I would opt for assisted suicide, not only for myself, but for them as well. Watching someone die a slow lingering death can leave deep scars. An assisted end to life can allow a family to deal with the death together, without the seemingly endless suffering. If your God finds that to be a reason to punish people, it's no God I'd want any part of.
Excellent. We have no right to prevent people who wish to die, from death.
PUT IT IN WRITING. That solves the problem.
how do they know the person really wants to commit suicide, or if the doctor is covering up some "nick" "mistake" in surgery that would cost $8million in malpractice suit? read about the mother of triplets....
old story: the architect covers up his mistakes by growing ivy over the walls. the doctor BURIES his mistakes, but be very careful if you are a teacher, because YOUR MISTAKES grow up, and join the school board!
So I am supposed to suffer the incredible agony of terminal cancer on the off-chance that some doctor might take advantage of right-to-die laws in order to avoid a malpractice suit? FL, I don't like those odds. I certainly don't like these arguments that are getting more and more desperate and absurd. The most honest poster was RIK, who started by saying "Speaking as a Catholic"...where the obvious implication was "I have a right to force my church's theology on everyone else."
Assisted suicide is wrong. Suicide is one person killing themselves. Homicide is one person killing an other.