Opinions-Assisted Suicide

jasmineh7777 · January 2010

My state just gave the thumbs up to dr. assisted suicide. Since we're all about the controversy today- Opinions?

brookelynpaisley · January 2010

Eh, if you want to die, it's your right to do so. I understand "first do no harm" but it seems to me that in terminally ill cases people can be in pain for years. That seems far more harmful, both physically and emotionally. I guess my opinion is that I'm indifferent and it should be a personal choice, like abortion, if the doctor is willing.

thesuninherhead · January 2010

My opinion: I wish that my government would also rule in favour of such a law. I believe with the right regulation in terms of ensuring that it is utilised only for palliative care patients who are able to voice a desire to die and to provide informed consent, assisted suicide should be legal.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · January 2010

I'm all for it.

laurenclaire1386 · January 2010

I have zero moral qualms with a doctor helping someone commit suicide. By the same token, doctors should be able to reserve the right to not perform procedures they have moral problems with. Do doctors have that right, I really don't know?

MyNameIsNot · January 2010

I'm down.

As long as the person is of sound mind when they make the decision and are sure about it, go for it.

terbear_86 · January 2010

All for it over here. It's my party I can die when I want to.

SarahSmile23 · January 2010

i'm for it. i'd hate to die a slow and painful death.

crfische · January 2010

For it, damn it.

ricksang · January 2010

I am for it. Sometime no medicine in the world can help a person.

RachNRich · January 2010

I'm all for it. I reeallllly wish someone would tell me I'd have to die a slow and painful death rather than saying goodbye on my own terms.

lyndausvi · January 2010

I'm all for it.

rhodesign · January 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinions-assisted-suicide?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:8244f4dc-6634-42d0-86e1-b74290ec17d0Post:5e0cd1b6-e60b-4712-a8c6-439411382eae">Re: Opinions-Assisted Suicide</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm down. As long as the person is of sound mind when they make the decision and are sure about it, go for it.
Posted by MyNameIsNot[/QUOTE]

This is where the red tape gets involved. We talked about this in a class in nursing school--how to define a sound mind. If someone is wracked with pain beyond belief and they're depressed about their illness, are they really of sound mind to want to die? Would they make that decision if they weren't in that situation? (like with an advanced directive). It's incredibly, incredibly hard to get something like this regulated for all those reasons and more--power of atourneys, who decides what and when and what are the motivations...lots of stickiness.

That said, I wish it could be so simple. I'm all for pulling the plug when it's a lost cause and for people deciding to take their own lives, but as a medical professional...I can't do it and I can't see medical-ethics wise how a practitioner could do that. This is purely from practicality perspective--emotionally I'd agree with it.

BubbleJ · January 2010

I agree with it. Its better then having famiy members help and then them going to jail for it

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