Do people have a "right" to commit suicide?
By speakeasy
@speakeasy (4171)
United States
March 3, 2009 4:53pm CST
You see it and hear about it on the news all the time. A terminally ill elderly person commits suicide and their spouse/friends are under investigation to see if they "helped" the peron die or not. A person who loses their home and/or job commits suicide rather than start over. A teenager who is under too much stress commits suicide. Etc., etc., etc.
Oregon, Washington, and Montana have passed legislation that says a person has the right to decide when and how to end their life AND they can request and receive assistance.
The rest of the states make it a crime to assist someone when they decide to commit suicide and some states actually make suicide itself a crime (but, I don't know what good it does to charge them with a crime if they are dead).
So, what do you think/beleive? Does a person have a "right" to decide when and how to end their own life? Should there be limits - age restrictions, previous counseling, terminal illness only, etc.? Do they have the right to ask for and receive assistance?
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@robertshay00 (446)
• United States
3 Mar 09
If the person doing it was a freind I would try to stop them..But for me it's your choise as long as I am good with my GOD then you can do what you want as long as it doe's not harm anyone else..
And on this issue the movie SEVEN POUND'S by will smith put's what you discussion to the test watch that movie it may open people eye's...
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