Assisted Suicide

[Edwina's Secretary]

I would agree with it if I saw a law with iron clad protection ( I know nothing is perfect, but as strong as they can make it) from corrupt doctors (hey doc, this hosp. care is cutting into our inheritance. We'll give you x if you say mom wanted to kill herself).

Without that, there's too much of a chance for wrongful death.

And yet....we put people to death (death penalty) without being iron clad sure they are guilty. (See the number of people exonerated by DNA!)

[Barbara]

I want to be able to chose myself.
On the other hand I don't think any human has the right to decide that another person can be killed. So if someone has written down that he wants not be kept alive in koma or whatever then it should be possible for that person to die.
In the Netherlands and in Switzerland where assisted suicide is not punished there have been way too many problems to let you feel relaxed about it: people who suffered under untreated depressions and who were not physically sick at all, people in which case someone wanted to inherit, organizations who helped but took money away from the sick........

[Lady's Human]

ES, I'd be happy to debate the death penalty, but that's not the topic of the thread. Nice try, though.

[JenBKR]

Well, I think I'd be for it with strict guidelines. I've never been in a situation where it was something that came up, so it's kinda hard to say.