Right to Die, what is your take on it?.

[oldguyzer]

If someone you loved was dying of a terminal illness (diagnosed/confirmed), would/could you contribute, participate, facilitate, or directly assist 'the end' for them? Have you ever been confronted with a similar situation of 'pulling the plug' on someone you really cared for?

I can, would, did.

 

[Doggie]

No but if I am on my dying bed I would like them to do it to me.

 

[oldguyzer]

No but if I am on my dying bed I would like them to do it to me.

Isn't that a bit contradictory? You'd want them to do it to you but you wouldn't do it to them? Kinda selfish? Or avoiding the responsibility?

 

[Transient]

Isn't that a bit contradictory? You'd want them to do it to you but you wouldn't do it to them? Kinda selfish? Or avoiding the responsibility?

I don't see it as either.
Being able to consider giving up your own life, is different from having the capacity to take, or assist in the taking of another's life.
In my opinion.

 

[seized]

I don't see it as either.
Being able to consider giving up your own life, is different from having the capacity to take, or assist in the taking of another's life.
In my opinion.

Ditto.

 

[oldguyzer]

I don't see it as either.
Being able to consider giving up your own life, is different from having the capacity to take, or assist in the taking of another's life.
In my opinion.

That would be true, but that's not what was said. I read it as having your loved ones end your life, but not being willing to help them take theirs. That's where the double standards come in...

 

[Maurice Boscorelli]

I would do anything that any of my close friends and family asked of me. That's just the way I roll.

 

[Louis XIV]

If I thought they were suffering badly from physical pain or a completely overwhelming disability, it wouldn't be a difficult decision. Gets trickier when it's born of depression, or just simply someone giving up on life for some reason.

 

[User-E]

Supreme Court allows doctor-assisted suicide in specific cases

Supreme Court allows doctor-assisted suicide in specific cases

People with grievous and irremediable medical conditions should have the right to ask a doctor to help them die, Canada's highest court says in a unanimous ruling.

The Supreme Court of Canada says a law that makes it illegal for anyone to help a person commit suicide should be amended to allow doctors to help in specific situations.

The ruling only applies to competent adults with enduring, intolerable suffering who clearly consent to ending their lives.

The court has given federal and provincial governments 12 months to craft legislation to respond to the ruling; the ban on doctor-assisted suicide stands until then. If the government doesn't write a new law, the court's exemption for physicians will stand.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/su...-assisted-suicide-in-specific-cases-1.2947487

 

[Wanker]

I can now die in peace :wink2:

 

[DannyDeVito]

Hope this is exempt for criminals.

 

[Admiral]

Democracy rules again (Or is it, for a change?.

 

[Jamal]

Would they be asking them to pay their taxes first :don'twantto-see:/

 

[oldguyzer]

As much as I support the initiative, I see lots of problems with the ruling from a legal point of view...

 

[papasmerf]

As much as I support the initiative, I see lots of problems with the ruling from a legal point of view...

A person who wants to end their life will. By making it medically, life insurances and survivor benefits will be paid out.

 

[oldguyzer]

A person who wants to end their life will. By making it medically, life insurances and survivor benefits will be paid out.

That's all well and good. What about the grieving relative who didn't approve who now sues the hospital, doctor, nurses, biomedical suppliers, and so on?

Or the doctor who messes it up and causes more pain than benefit? The Hippocratic Oath will get sorely tested. And sued.

 

[papasmerf]

That's all well and good. What about the grieving relative who didn't approve who now sues the hospital, doctor, nurses, biomedical suppliers, and so on?

Or the doctor who messes it up and causes more pain than benefit? The Hippocratic Oath will get sorely tested. And sued.

I do not disagree with the pitfalls.

Hospice has been a happy median for the past few decades.

 

[Madman]

Thank God for the Supreme court but they gave this government one year to amend the laws as they did with BillC36 and look at what Harpo has done, hopefully the neo-cons will not be in power by the end of the year.

 

[jackaubrey]

Remains for the government to make the law, and if the conservatives hold power, you'll probably need a notarized note from God and your mom to get permission.

 

[oldguyzer]

Remains for the government to make the law, and if the conservatives hold power, you'll probably need a notarized note from God and your mom to get permission.

Fortunately for me, both God and my mom hang out on this board! :biggrin2: