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We have the right to live. What we now need is the right to die.

JOSE VARKEY @jovy63 (19) 19 Mar 21

Does the right to die not to follow from the right to live? As we acquire increasing mastery over our bodies and the world around us, should we not allow a human being the right to decide how long he or she wants to live? With...

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What Do You Feel About Physician Assisted Suicide?

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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Louis Theroux - Choosing Death

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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Euthanasia

Sakina @sakinasaifee18 (575) • Mumbai, India 18 Aug 16

This is a controversial and sensitive topic, but I really want to know what people think about this. Should euthanasia (assisted suicide) be banned or is it a right of people to decide if they want to die due to some...

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How To Die In Oregon

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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Assisted Suicide

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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What are your thoughs on assisted suicide. I watched somehing on PBS

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 19 Nov 10

PBS is a public channel that is considered to be safe for children to watch..yet they broadcasted a story called the "suicide tourist' in which people travel to this place where they have assisted suicide performed.. See...

Do you believe in Assisted Suicide?

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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Do you think Eutanasia is justified?

Fulltank @Fulltank (2882) • Philippines 6 Oct 09

Euthanasia refers to the practice of ending a life in a painless manner. Voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have been the focus of great controversy in recent years. And according to Wikipedia, some forms of...

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Assisted Suicide

Basil2004 @Basil2004 (105) 25 Jul 09

The death lobby in the UK is gaining ground. A poll conducted on behalf of the Times newspaper shows 74% of people to be in favour of medically assisted suicide. They want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill patients to...

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Do you believe that people should be able to choose their time of death?

jennifer611 @jennifer611 (2514) • United States 20 Jul 09

I was just reading this article about an elderly couple, the man was in his 80's and the woman was in her 70's. she was terminally ill and I don't remember what all was wrong with him but anyways, this couple decided that they...

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Do people have a "right" to commit suicide?

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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You live with dignity, why not die with dignity?

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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Euthanasia now legal in UK!!!

BubblyIan @BubblyIan (750) 14 Dec 08

The new Director of Public Prosecution has effectively changed the law by the back door just two weeks after taking the position. Kier Starmer has decided that in a recent case where a UK ciitzen travelled to Switzerland for...

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Do you think that assisted suicide should be leagle?

pawnee @pawnee (187) 10 Oct 08

At present, here in the UK then assisted suicide is eleagle. I know that some people with mental health problems have said they would like to die and that it is not a good option for them as a little help and/or medication may...

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Assisted Suicide

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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Can this possibly be TRUE ?

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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What are your views on assisted suicide?

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 14 Mar 08

This is a very hot topic with pro's and cons on each side. Are we playing god if we help a person with suicide? Was Dr. Kevorkian the doctor of death as he was dubbed a monster for helping people? Are we denying the...

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Assisted suicide

candy111 @candy111 (240) • Philippines 18 Aug 07

Who here believes if its the wish of someone to die but she is unable to do it herself, would you help her do it? As a doctor, given the Hippocratic Oath, would you take part in assisted suicide? Why and Why not?

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Should assisted suicide be legalised?

PhilSam @PhilSam (23) • Philippines 3 Aug 07

Every human being has a right to life, perhaps the most basic and fundamental of all our rights. Howecer, with every right comes a choice. The right to speech does not remove the option to remain silent; the right to vote brings...

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