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As long as you are a adult in your right mind and are making an informed thought out decision I
think that you should be able to go to your doctor and get the medications needed to do job quickly
and with as little pain as possible. |
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Suicide is your choice |
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Assisted suicide is not illegal in the U.S., just in most states.
Oregon allows suicide, as assisted by a physician. The controversial program is strictly regulated,
and it is a success.
The doctor has no financial or emotional stake in helping the patient to kill him- or herself in a
painless manner. The patent must undergo psychological testing and submit to a long process of
consent, which is rife with checks-and-balances.
We all have the right to die with dignity, and if one chooses to do so by suicide, it should be a
private, not government-regulated, matter. It is not morally superior to prolong a person’s
suffering by denying him the “sin” of suicide.
In the U.S., the elderly have the highest rate of suicide. And the spouses of chronically ill
seniors are sometimes prosecuted for, at the patient’s request, for performing a mercy killing. To
me, this is wrong. |
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If someone wants to kill themselves they will. No one can make suicide illegal - that in itself is
very 1984. If someone isn't strong enough to kill themselves, then surely they should be allowed to
engage someone to help them along with it, provided they take proper precautions.
Suicide is a human right. We may not like that people do it, but it is our right to bow out before
our clock chimes if we so wish. Religiously, perhaps not, but as humans, as a living organism it is
our right.
Life is a gift, and if things get to a point that we feel we need to return it, then so be it. We
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I think it is less painful for the family that nows that their friend who committed suicide new that
they asked for it. My friends mom committed suicide and if i new she asked for it i would have felt
less sad, and would have done something she wanted. With out having pain. |
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I feel terminally ill people should have the right to choose for themselves. |
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I think assisted suicide should be legal. It is up to the individual.
If they have a terminal illness and/ or are in pain, they should have the right to die if they wish
to.
Is someone lives everyday in agony what right does someone have to say that they must continue to
live their life, instead of being able to end it, if that's what they want.
I do believe every case should be assessed though because in some cases the person might be
persuaded to consider euthanasia because family and friends consider them to be a burdon.
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I don't know... I guess I say it shouldn't be illegal |
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This is hard, but I think if the person has some amount of 'sanity' they should be able to have a
choice. |
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I really think if it's your body, it's your decision. No one can sit here and say otherwise, your
not in that persons shoes, and have no clue what kind of pain they are in. |
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Of course it shouldn't be illegal, so long as one can legally demonstrate that it was requested and
done within specific regulations.
Suicide of any kind shouldn't be illegal. |
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And this is one of those occasions when I wish there was a nuetral collemn...
It depends on the suicide.
If someone's terminally ill and is going to die a painful and drawn out death (and wants to die,
that's the important thing), then heck ya. If their depressed, it should definitely NOT be allowed,
and should be treated as manslaughter at the least.
I'm on the against side only because most assisted suicides wouldn't be necessary.
And spontaneous assistant suicide, no matter what the circumstances, should also be banned. Only
once all other options have been looked at, and it's been certified that the patient is terminally
ill and his/her quality of life will be incredibly poor, and s/he really does want this, only THEN
should it be allowed.
Anything else is akin to murder. |
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Assisted suicide is wrong. It is murder. Think about this, a misdiagnosis would terminate a life
that could have been saved. |
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Assisted suicide is actually a blessing to a lot of people. People who are very sick, in a lot of
pain or have terminal cases find this way out a blessing. It takes the pain away from them and the
pressure off their family financially. We all have the right to choose what e want to do. If you
choose to take that way out, it is your decision and nobody should judge you for it. If I was in the
situation where I knew I would never get better and was in so much pain I couldn't stand it, I would
do the same thing. |
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Assisted suicide is murder-duh!! |
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It is wrong to kill yourself in the firstplace that is just wast in life who wood want to do that. |
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Happiness is a state of mind . . . An attitude. Suicide is not an answer to life's problems. If
you want to change your circumstances, change the way you are.
In looking at it in a broader perspective, this brings violence and sadness into the civilization.
Everything a person does in the world affects society. In accepting and even assisting "self
murder" violence becomes acceptable in the minds of the people. Therefore, bringing us closer to
our society's demise. |
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Someone could murder someone and say "oh, they asked me to help them commit suicide." |
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I do not think that assisted suicide should be legalized. If it were legalized, then people would be
doing it all of the time. I believe that only God has the right to decide who lives and who dies. It
is also my belief that if someone commits suicide that they have committed a big sin and will
probably go to hell for it. Therefore, no matter what the circumstance is, I do not believe that
anyone has the right to take their own life. God owns their body and only God can decide who lives
and who dies. The Bible clearly says, “Thou shall not kill.” This would include suicide.
Therefore, suicide is breaking a commandment. |
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As assisted suicide is closely associated to euthanasia, I have decided to discuss them both
together.
Like many of these ethical situations, the issues of legalising euthanasia and/or assisted suicide
are hugely tough decisions to make.
On the one hand, there is the hugely important aspect of freedom of choice - especially in a
situation where a person is suffering so much pain and distress, with such a poor quality of life;
something, it must be said, which one cannot truly comprehend unless they themselves experience it.
On the other hand, are the dangers of legalising euthanasia, both active or passive, and assisted
suicide. Assisted suicide, of course, differs from euthanasia, in that it is the individual that
commits suicide, having been provided with the means (drugs or treatment).
In the case of those unable to convey their decision, for example a patient in a persistive
vegetative state, what is to be done? There is the argument that close family members, doctors, or a
combination of these, could make this decision. The first thing to consider, is if they are entitled
to make this decision in the first place.
However, what is of greater concern is the possible abuse which might follow the legalisation of
assisted suicide or euthanasia; there will inevitably be, to some degree at least, a level of abuse,
with the ending of life carried out with perhaps not the level of thought necessary - in some cases,
it might simply be seen as "the easy option". Equally, there is the scope for great abuse by doctors
- in an extreme case, a doctor could commit murder of a patient, using euthanasia as a defence.
Of course, this is more unlikely to happen in the case of assisted suicide, though there might be
scope for abuse in healthy individuals committing suicide, which is just as worrying.
Therefore, at present, I still hold the belief that euthanasia and assisted suicide should remain
illegal. Indeed, if one was legalised, there would also be strong shouts for the second to also be
legalised.
If they were to be legalised, it would have to be thought out with great, great care with very
strict rules and guidelines set out; though, even with such restrictions in place, a level of abuse
is inevitable - what must be decided is if the abuse caused is outweighed by the "benefit" which
would arise from legalising euthanasia and/or assisted suicide.
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