Jack Kevorkian released from prison

[CatLuvrs]

This man is my hero.

He said he would not be actively involved in assisted suicide but would remain an activist in favor of assisted suicide.

I'm glad he's out. He didn't deserve to be there in the first place, IMO.

I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!

[Twisterdog]

We realize the need for and kindness of euthanasia when it is our beloved pet suffering. We are allowed to make the right choice.

But when it is a human family member? Noooo ... can't do the same basic humane kindness we do for Fluffy for Grandpa. Have to watch him suffer and die slowly and painfully.

It's absurd.

[wendysue1853]

I agree he should never have been in prison for 8 years. He was doing what sick people wanted. We enthuanize our pets when they are suffering but let people suffer for sometimes years with no relief. Does not seem right to me!

[critter crazy]

We realize the need for and kindness of euthanasia when it is our beloved pet suffering. We are allowed to make the right choice.

But when it is a human family member? Noooo ... can't do the same basic humane kindness we do for Fluffy for Grandpa. Have to watch him suffer and die slowly and painfully.

It's absurd.

I agree 100%!!! We should be ghiven the right to make that choice!

[Catty1]

My dad died in 1996 of malignant melanoma that had spread to brain and liver in 2 years.

He was given a bit more morphine about 1/2 hour before he died. That may or may not be a coincidence - but apparently (no one wants to be officially quoted saying this), there are more morphine 'overdoses' on terminal patients in hospitals that we might like to believe.

I do believe that is what happened with my dad. And while it bugs me a bit - what was the alternative? He was in a coma for a week, his breathing was awful, and Mom was going to stay the night there. I was horrified - I wouldn't have been able to rest, and neither would she...

Since it happens anyway, why not bring it out in the open?

Dr Kevorkian did, and I support that.

[Grace]

I'm in Michigan, where Dr. Kervorkian practiced medicine. And I'm a nurse. I applaud what he did; I just wish he had been a bit more careful so as not to go to prison.

But he knew what he was doing; he wanted to bring attention to a person's right to choose. Even now, Oregon is the only state to legally allow assisted suicide.

[Wahoo]

Ouch.

Actually, I have witnessed the care provided by Hospice. Sadly, on three different occassions.

I extend my apologies for making you very angry, it was not my intent. Obviously we have different perspectives and I applaud that. Rather than turn the tangent into an arguement, I prefer to bow out now. As they say, "agree to disagree".