Medically assisted death for terminally ill

Olivia

Olivia

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Our legislature will be voting next week for a bill which would give patients with less than six months to live the option of requesting prescriptions for lethal doses of medication. The last time they voted on this type bill, which was in 2002, it lost by three votes.

I'm 100% for this. What do you all think?
 

100%. Medically Assisted In Dying [MAID] is legal in Canada. Became legal in June 2016

Who is eligible for MAID in Canada under the new law?
Under Bill C-14, two independent health care professionals need to evaluate an individual in order to determine whether he/she qualifies for MAID. To qualify, an individual must be 18 years or older and meet the following four eligibility criteria:
1. Have a serious and incurable illness, disease, or disability;
2. Be in an advanced state of irreversible decline in capability;
3. Endure physical and psychological suffering that is intolerable to them; and
4. Their natural death has become reasonably foreseeable.
Patients must also be capable of providing informed consent at the time that MAID is provided.
 
I think that it is a great idea.

I agree with Lon about extending the time or even removing the time limit and leaving it up to the person and two independent healthcare professionals.
 
Dr. Kevorkian was right...a terminally ill person Should have the option of ending their misery when they chose to. I recently watched a neighbor with terminal cancer go through months of misery, and every time I visited him in his final months, he said he wished he could go today. IMO, the Primary reason why people are forced to go through so much misery is to grease the palms of our Health Care Industry.
 
I'm curious; why "assisted" suicide? Why don't people take on this responsibility themselves, if they are able? Is it fear of punishment from God? And if that's the case, shouldn't the person being "assisted" have some regard for the soul of the person doing the assisting?
 
Its "medically assisted dying". In Canada it's performed by a physician who has agreed to do it. Here doctors have the option of opting out of the program.

Its done so that it's a humane and certain end to your life and not up to a friend to make sure that the noose is tied correctly or that you've taken the right amount of pills to do the job properly.

My cousins wife had it done when she was in Hospice Care.

The premise is to end your life humanely, not make it worse by turning you into a vegetable.
 
Cap'nSacto said:
I'm curious; why "assisted" suicide? Why don't people take on this responsibility themselves, if they are able? Is it fear of punishment from God? And if that's the case, shouldn't the person being "assisted" have some regard for the soul of the person doing the assisting?
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Because assistance from a doctor administering drugs to ease you out of this world is preferable to a handgun or hanging. At least from where I'm sitting.
 
Thanks, James and C'est Moi. I wouldn't hang myself, or shoot myself, either. Undoubtedly some would, though. I was just wondering if people choose an assistant because they believe suicide is punishable by God.

I still suspect many do, but of course, I could be wrong.
 
I agree 100% as well......that said.

I really do not believe there should be any "qualifiers" required.I believe any person should at any time have the ability to end their life. Life is allot of things to allot of folks. When it stops being what a person wants it to be. If they "want-out" ? IMO that is their business & only their business. Sorry for them that it might come to that, but if relief from what ever burden they are under is what they seek & want ? Then I want it for them.
 
Cap'nSacto said:
Thanks, James and C'est Moi. I wouldn't hang myself, or shoot myself, either. Undoubtedly some would, though. I was just wondering if people choose an assistant because they believe suicide is punishable by God.

I still suspect many do, but of course, I could be wrong.
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Well, that would be another debate. If a person seeking "assisted suicide" is planning their own death, would that not still be suicide? Whether by their own hand or the hand of a doctor, they still have to sign documents (and in some cases be videoed) agreeing to the procedure. So it's still suicide no matter how it's carried out.
 
In this bill even though the lethal medication is prescribed and overseen by a physician, the medication itself is self-administered.

There are tons of rules and protections in this bill. It's not just call a doctor and get help to die.
 
C'est Moi said:
Well, that would be another debate. If a person seeking "assisted suicide" is planning their own death, would that not still be suicide? Whether by their own hand or the hand of a doctor, they still have to sign documents (and in some cases be videoed) agreeing to the procedure. So it's still suicide no matter how it's carried out.
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And?
 
I am strongly in favor of assisted suicide or whatever one chooses to call it. There have been several attempts to legalize it in my state, but to no avail, probably at least somewhat due to the high concentration of Catholics in our population. I hope we can get there in the future.
 
Assisted suicide is, in my opinion, totally up to the individual. Moreover, I strongly feel that any adult , should be able to end it, without any doctors approval. It is, after all, their life. I don't see how society has any right to interfere.

People do commit suicide. So, why not offer the option of making it clean and painless ? Clinics, much like abortion clinics, could be set up for people who don't want to be here any more.
 
Because mental illness is not an option for assistant suicide, and and neither is being mad at the world.
 
Butterfly said:
I am strongly in favor of assisted suicide or whatever one chooses to call it. There have been several attempts to legalize it in my state, but to no avail, probably at least somewhat due to the high concentration of Catholics in our population. I hope we can get there in the future.
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I believe religious beliefs ...or, lets call it moral judgement... moral judgement plays a big part in the lack of support for this kind of legislation. Naturally, people who are successful at suicide can't be prosecuted, but it can cast a shadow of shame and guilt over the family. An elderly person who plans suicide should first speak to their family, or leave them a letter explaining the reasons, that it had nothing to do with the surviving family, and encouraging them to not feel guilty or ashamed. I've already composed a letter, but I will also talk to my kids if/when the time comes.
 
It's not suicide if you're already going to die and you want to do it where and when, and how you want, and have your family already around you. Who could want anything more? I would have wanted it for my mom. But, no, it had to be a call in the night and by the time I got there, it was too late. I will never get over that.
 

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