Right To Die?

[Billcat]

Originally Posted by garinda

I think it should be legalised, but with protection written into those legalities, to protect great Aunt Ethel from being knocked off for her cash.

Animals have more quality in this country, with Rover being taken to the vets if his quality of life is deemed intolerable, than people who wish legally to have the end off their life assisted with.

When I'm ready to leave, I'm out of here, without a backward glance.

If I hadn't given you karma pretty recently, I'd give you some more for that post.

I am all for an individual's right to choose for themselves - euthanasia for the terminally ill, advance directives and health care proxies for the rest of us. Modern medicine has many advantages, but it also can sometimes keep folks alive when there is no quality of live remaining.

When my wife passed away last year, she had a very specific advance directive, which made her wishes very clear. As her health care proxy, it was not easy to give the orders to turn off the life support, but it is what she wanted for herself. It still saddens me, but it was the last loving thing I could do for her.