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US state's first assisted suicide

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US state's first assisted suicide


Uncle Sam | 206823 hits | May 22 4:51 pm | Posted by: snookums
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A 66-year-old US woman with advanced cancer has become the first person to die under a new assisted suicide law in Washington State.

Comments

  1. by avatar Guy_Fawkes
    Sat May 23, 2009 12:03 am
    Wow, we should have something like that here.

  2. by avatar Bacardi4206
    Sat May 23, 2009 12:05 am
    That is a good law, some people are unlucky and are diagnosed with very painful stuff or stuff that is both painful and will kill them eventually.

    It is humane to allow them to die a less painful death and know exactly when it will be as its organized so they can have there family with them or get everything in order and say there goodbyes.

  3. by avatar Brenda
    Sat May 23, 2009 12:36 am
    The fact people can do it, is fantastic, imo. But the way it is done here, is not really mine...
    It's a bit too simple... There is no doctor used here, other than to prescribe the medication... I would have liked to see a little more control...

  4. by DerbyX
    Sat May 23, 2009 1:56 am
    I agree. Doctors and some sort of social worker/psychiatrist should be involved in a non-judgemental role (ie doing their best to stop it at all costs) should be involved but this choice should be allowed and obeyed.

    I've been around terminal patients in pain so great that drugs have little affect yet the puritans and religious people think they should suffer till the bitter end. They don't care about the patient but rather their own sense of righteousness.

  5. by avatar Public_Domain
    Sat May 23, 2009 2:28 am
    :|

  6. by DerbyX
    Sat May 23, 2009 2:34 am
    (hands Mr. C. a gun and rope). I agree. Do the honourable thing! :P

  7. by avatar Brenda
    Sat May 23, 2009 2:38 am
    "DerbyX" said
    (hands Mr. C. a gun and rope). I agree. Do the honourable thing! :P

    Whats that for? you think he might miss the first time? :lol:

  8. by DerbyX
    Sat May 23, 2009 2:46 am
    I believe if anything is worth doing its worth doing right the first time! :wink:

  9. by avatar Proculation
    Sat May 23, 2009 3:27 am
    I'm all for it too.
    But, it must be well made and reglemented carefully. Like, this should be in their wills or there's a proof that the person said that's the way she wants to be.

    If that's legally proven that she wants to die: i'm for.

    I saw my grandma getting old with multiple sclerosis. She died at 82 but for at least 10 years she was not able even to eat. In the last times, she was not able to talk either. She never asked to die but we know she was suffering. She was always crying when we went seeing her. If she had asked to die, that would have been a good thing to do to help her.



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