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I see it the opposite way; as I approach my dotage I would not want to live in a state that is so looie-liberal on the "right-to-die" that my relatives and friends could send me to an early deathbed by fabricating anecdotes about me with sufficient sincerity in their voices. I would even love to see wishes to be kept alive expressed in the so called living will to be made legally binding; shockingly enough it is only 'advisory' and if I say in it "don't starve me" but whoever happens into guardianship disagrees, then I can get starved anyhow. This is Mengelean. I'd actually prefer that kind of Oregon to this kind of Florida because at least the patient has to CHOOSE the suicide, it can't be foisted on him or her otherwise.

because at least the patient has to CHOOSE the suicide, it can't be foisted on him or her otherwise.

Well, it sounds good in theory but it is a failure in practise. They have had a sudden and unexplainable large increase in reporting the degree of pain experienced by patients since they went legal. Hmmm.

Some nephews take auntie shopping and convince her to get with the program. Auntie is elderly and somewhat confused but nephews can help! They can even provide the glass of water to take the pills with.

The euthanasia that I am talking about is economically induced--the "rock and the hard place." When the Baby Boom Generation reaches it later years, it could find resources that are being stretched now, much more worse. The decent treatment of the elderly will be a thing of the past as the health care system gets stretched to its max with the aging Boomers. What is shocking is the Terri Schiavo situation is showing that there are those willing to push the euthanasia button now for reasons other than health care costs. What used to pass for murder may become commonplace and legal. What I fear are the relatives pressuring poor souls to a early death for expediency that is being aggravated by dwindling health care resources. There may come a time when, without the patient's knowledge, a doctor will put a lethal dose in the intravenous connection due to behind the scenes actions of the relatives. Once that time comes, anyone could be victims of the death doctor's drip.

We have to put a stop to this barbarity before that horse rides out the door.