assisted suicide
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J.N.R Dutton
@jnrdutton (3452)
• United States
6 Aug 19
Physician assisted suicide is still illegal in most places in the U.S. to my knowledge. Many chronically and/or terminally ill embrace it as a viable/defensible option.
I used to be in the school of thought that considered it,...
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Shelly Freeman
@Shellyjane (462)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 18
I am currently watching Louis Theroux's new documentary which is about assisted suicide, I am only about 10 minutes in and am nearly in tears.
They have spoken to three people the first is in his 70s and has pancreatic Cancer,...
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bostonphil
@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
15 Jun 11
How to Die In Oregon is a moving and gripping documentary about euthanasia in Oregon. This doc follows the lives of several persons, all who are terminally ill. And their choice to ask for assisted suicide. It is very touching and...
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gstitzer
@gstitzer (103)
• United States
1 May 11
I am watching an episode of SVU that deals with assisted suicide and it got me thinking. I watched my father in law die from cancer and my aunt die from lou gehrigs and both were not pretty. I really have to wonder if I was put in...
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littlefranciscan
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
22 Apr 10
The other day I watched a show on PBS where a fellow and his wife was
featured. He had some kind of breathing machine and a cripplng disease.
He and his wife decided that he didnt want to wait till the disease killed...
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speakeasy
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
3 Mar 09
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...
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TheCasualReporter
@TheCasualReporter (283)
• France
23 Jan 09
Another MyLotter recently lamented that life is meaningless because we work, work, work.. and then die. What's the point? I argued that being able to plan our death in the same way we plan our life would give life and death more...
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crunkyjens
@crunkyjens (463)
• United States
6 Aug 08
How many of you support assisted suicide and agree that it should NOT be illegal? What are your thoughts on this?
I personally think it should be deemed legal for certain situations, especially when the patient is very very ill...
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redyellowblackdog
@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
5 Jun 08
This reads like something out of a futuristic science fiction society gone mad novel. Does anyone believe that in Oregon finacial assistance is available for some terminal cancer patients to kill themselves but no money is...
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