Life or Death

I'm not from Massachusetts, not evenfrom the same country but I'm just here to express my opinion anyway. Doctors are professionals and often they help us out when we get sick or need medical attention, but they are not God. And that bill to me sounds to like playing God. And even if for cases that are not exactly life-threatening, I sometimes don't agree with their advice or recommendations, because that's why they are so-called. Doctors are generally intelligent people but they also make mistakes. It's true that there are conditions that are hopeless but I agree with you that most of the times doctors are wrong in predicting how long one has to live. And I also believe in miraculous healing and one's desire and will to live can extend life far beyond what the doctors say. This to me is an extreme evolution of Euthanasia. With that I may have my reservations depending on the circumstances but this one? Just no. It's freaky that I can't get the thought of a mad doctor having this kind of 'license to kill' prescribing this pill even to those whose conditions are not desperate at all.

Thats called Uthansia using by which a doctor applies it on patient who has not any possiblity to come round. Yet its inhuman. We shouldnt treat human like an animal.

I think people should have a choice whether they want to live out the last months of their lives. Few people would choose to live in pain, draining their family's finances and emotions. The insurance companies probably will be pouring a lot of money into this because it saves them from spending a lot of resources if the person chooses to end their life. I think people would be better served by being educated about hospice care choices. That's dignified and gives everyone time to say goodbye and put their affairs in order while being kept comfortable and pain free.

Hiya lelin, Once I knew a lady next door as much as my Mom and they gave her six months to live at the most. Thirty years down the line she was still alive. Okay I know there are dire cases and those people should have a choice and be allowed to do what they want to do if they do not want a hospice or anything like that they are within their rights not to go there. xxx

I think that if a disease is terminal or incurable, then it's up to the patient to make a living will to what course should be taken in case such an unfortunate event would happen regarding the end stages of his/her life. It some sort of easing out the pain from the disease, as well as the family or loved ones.

I dont think that should be voted on. It should be a person decesion to make.