Euthanasia be legalized???
336112
Always a hot point of contention this one!\nI do believe in euthanasia and it certainly would be a revolutionary day if it should ever get legalized.\nHowever, what a complicated issue to draw up legal guidelines for. How do you decide when a situation is hopeless and agonising enough to warrant 'assisted suicide'. And more importantly who decides for someone who is not able to respond?\nI think underlying this issue is 'western' (or christian secular) society's attitudes to death. Now I'm no anthropologist, but I think when you explore this issue extensively down to the very soul of the debate, death is something that we (western society) are ultimately terrified of. I think you will find there are other cultures in which 'death' and 'dying' are treated vastly differently.\nI certainly agree that euthanasia should be incorporated into our way of thinking. It is not 'playing God' nor is it being 'evil'. It is a merciful act of love of the greatest kind.
146761
This should be a personal choice addressed by every adult with a trusted loved one who will follow the wishes of the person with terminal disease.  I am not saying the loved one should kill the person, just support the decision of the person to continue life no matter what or to be allowed to die with no extra measures or....in Oregon...with assistance.  You decide what is right for you and give that right to decide to those you love and respect even if you don't agree.  For any other than yourself....it is NOT your choice.  We have laws to allow our animals....and criminals to have as humane a death as possible, but we somehow believe it is wrong to allow the same for ourselves and our loved ones.  There is something wrong with this .....
198790
Hmmm.... I think euthanasia. It will make for a more interesting read to most people as the abortion debate has raged openly for decades and as a result most people are already polarised in their decision. For euthanasia, most people avoid the question and the answer... except the Dutch who are the first to legalise it.
234250
Euthenasia is not legal but it should be.\n\nThose that suffer while dying should be allowed to control how and when they die. Do die without suffering is humane.
7041
Assisted suicide may be permitted under a state scheme, but it is not required under the federal Constitution.  The Supreme Court found in Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) found that a Washington statute prohibiting assisted suicide was permissible.  A long-standing legal tradition in the United States, and in English common law history, exists that opposes assisted suicide.\n\nIt is still questionable whether a state may PERMIT assisted suicide, but Oregon has legalized it.  The recent disputes, however, have focused almost exclusively on whether Oregon may violate federal drug control laws when allowing assisted suicide, so the focus of the case is less upon assisted suicide and more about drug laws.  In theory, at least, the Supreme Court has never forbidden assisted suicide.  It's simply been historically opposed by state law, and morally opposed by most citizens.
614210
Technically,  euthanasia is not legal in this country, but physician assisted suicide is legal in Oregon
1041173
Yes. It's not life - it is an unnatural halfway point. \n\nLet people die with their dignity.
626692
Yes it is awful. Death takes from seven to 45 minutes, and the anasthetic can wear off long before that. OUCH.\nThe feelings are conscious suffocation, intense burning, cramping. The pain is so bad it is illegal to use this procedure for euthanising animals.\nI am not saying they deserve or don't deserve the pain...just that the whole point was it is supposed to be the most humane.If it was me, I'll take a firing squad any day.Oh BTW, they used sterilized needles in the case of governor reprieve. It happened once that a guy got a reprieve after the first injection.
59910
Billions of Dollars is spent worldwide to treat people with mental disabilities and cancer and other diseases caused by drugs. What is the point in legalizing them and kill more people?? Even drug addiction affects the offsprings or your children and their children.\n\nAlso the smoking cigarettes, cigars; I would recommend to be banned.
171346
Your friend was likely being treated by Hospice or was in a hospital or skilled nursing unit or nursing home.  The medical establishment has become increasingly prodeath, advocating euthanasia.  They kill by overdosing on morphine, sedatives and by withholding food and even water, as well as other medical care.  You don't have to do this.  You can take no more pain medication than is needed for any pain.  You can drink and eat or be fed through a stomach tube or intravenously.  You can get epidural medication to relieve pain, without the sedation of taking pain shots, if needed, oftentimes.  You can say to hell with you amateurs, I'm going to a special cancer center, such as MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. (I would advise this early on.)  Or you can go to Mexico and seek alternative treatments.  Don't ever let a doctor get you down, giving you a death sentence.  Who the hell does he think he is?  God?  No man has the right to say your time is up.  That is God's prerogative only.
61277
Yes it is cruel to do that to a person. And I know that in Oregan, it is legal for a person to decide wheather or not they want to die. However, I don't know if its legal anywhere else. I think it should be, but lots of people look down on it as "assisted suicide".
330653
yes it is possible and they are going to make it legal and many people are in line to have it done. it is not right though
312683
I definately think it should be legalised for medical use but it really can mess up your head if you use it all the time....it totally slows down you reactions, can make you paranoid and so on....i don't think once in a while hurts but if it is legalised in needs seriously regulating so people dont go too far.\n\nHope yr good now
320264
Wondering .. if these intelligent people answering "no" in here to this question would say the same thing for some human born totally brain-dead .. destined to live a life on a respirator?\n\nall this know-it-all-stuff is so confusing!\n\nI think if there were a heaven .. silly thought I know .. at the front gate there should be picketers .. with signs: No Dogs? No WAY!, "BOYCOTT ST Peter" .. "PETA Hates Jesus" and such.
773181
That's a very generalized question. What is the cause of the pain? What pain management alternatives have been used...there are many that you may not have heard about? What is the emotional status of the patient...pain is perceived a lot more acutely in depressed patients...and depression can be treated, thus reducing the pain?\n\nIN THEORY...unremittant pain "could" be a valid justification for euthanasia, but I certainly wouldn't just say "yes" without knowing a whole lot more than what you have told us.
483775
yes, it should be legalized. if you can't get rid of it at least you should be able to control it.
881384
For people - I would support it if it were the wishes of the person who was being assisted in death. I cannot imagine living with a jhorrible termianl illness and in massive amounts of pain.