Lethal Prescribing has a long history in medicine...
Usually something like this
Patient has terminal cancer
Doctor writes large prescription for methadone and Valium
Enough to handle the discomfort for a month
Instructs patient to take only as directed
or they may never wake up,
and do not drink large amounts of alcohol with it
for the same reason.
Patient dies peacefully in their sleep
It happened quite frequently
I’m not supporting the euthanasia laws, but it would be disingenuous to say that that the above hasn’t happened
for many generations, in one form or another
Quietly and Privately
Morality aside, if someone wants to end their life
that can be accomplished without turning
the healthcare industry into euthanasia dispensaries.
I believe suicide is sin.
However, if a person chooses this sin, no one else should be involved.
Inviting family, friends, or the family doctor to participate is the first step off the slippery slope towards governmental participation.
When any additional party participates, it is no longer suicide (sui = self; cide = murder.) It becomes a homicide, murder by someone other than one’s self. That person’s motive might be something other than the alleviation of the patient’s suffering.
The term “assisted suicide” is another example of leftists’ moral equivocation through the manipulation of language.
It’s murder.
The American people will always support the right of someone else to kill himself.
Pain meds relieve pain, and sometimes hasten death. This is absolutely a different thing than assisted suicide. Relief of pain, recognition of risk, is rational and honorable. It is not suicide.