Comments on: Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal? http://www.womenslifelink.com/should-euthanasia-or-physician-assisted-suicide-be-legal/ Beautiful - Creative - Happy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John West http://www.womenslifelink.com/should-euthanasia-or-physician-assisted-suicide-be-legal/comment-page-1/#comment-812 John West Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:53:55 +0000 http://www.womenslifelink.com/?p=2705#comment-812 My recent book "The Last Goodnights" is the first memoir of assisted suicide to be published in 25 years, and only the third such book ever published. People have told me that they understood the issues much better after reading it, and appreciated learning about various aspects of the issue that they hadn't foreseen. Death is a topic that many people fear to discuss, which is really quite silly when you realize that it's the one thing in our lives that we all have in common and that is truly inevitable. Part of the problem with the "Assisted Suicide" debate is in the use of different terminology . . . but the bottom line is simple: Dying people get to choose how much pain and suffering they wish to endure, and when enough is enough. Humans aren't "dumb animals" -- literally -- we can speak our minds and SAY when we are ready to end our suffering. The personal and private choice that we make, in conjunction with our doctor's advice, is quite simply that: our personal and private choice. Ultimately, this is a personal choice issue, which is why getting the public and the politicians involved will always lead to more in the way of problems than solutions. Cheers, John West My recent book “The Last Goodnights” is the first memoir of assisted suicide to be published in 25 years, and only the third such book ever published. People have told me that they understood the issues much better after reading it, and appreciated learning about various aspects of the issue that they hadn’t foreseen.

Death is a topic that many people fear to discuss, which is really quite silly when you realize that it’s the one thing in our lives that we all have in common and that is truly inevitable. Part of the problem with the “Assisted Suicide” debate is in the use of different terminology . . . but the bottom line is simple: Dying people get to choose how much pain and suffering they wish to endure, and when enough is enough.

Humans aren’t “dumb animals” — literally — we can speak our minds and SAY when we are ready to end our suffering. The personal and private choice that we make, in conjunction with our doctor’s advice, is quite simply that: our personal and private choice. Ultimately, this is a personal choice issue, which is why getting the public and the politicians involved will always lead to more in the way of problems than solutions.

Cheers,
John West

]]> By: Michelle http://www.womenslifelink.com/should-euthanasia-or-physician-assisted-suicide-be-legal/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Michelle Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:12:37 +0000 http://www.womenslifelink.com/?p=2705#comment-798 Wow....Well I can't say that I agree with Physician assisted suicide at all. I don't know that we can compare ourselves to animals in this sense. I have a hard time believing that DR's would be OK with this. I think it may end up causing them terrible grief. I too have watched a few family members die a slow and miserable death and I still can't wrap my head around such an idea.. Wow….Well I can’t say that I agree with Physician assisted suicide at all. I don’t know that we can compare ourselves to animals in this sense. I have a hard time believing that DR’s would be OK with this. I think it may end up causing them terrible grief. I too have watched a few family members die a slow and miserable death and I still can’t wrap my head around such an idea..

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