[b9]

So if you were permanently disabled, you would have your two children spend the rest of your life, and the rest of their resources, caring for you?
Given a choice, I'd rather not, thank you.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Given a choice, I'd rather not, thank you.

That's the point of this article, many euthanized people weren't 'given a choice'.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

What kind of a society have we devolved into when people who wish to commit suicide can't do it themselves!

According to those who support the notion of suicide it is a very heroic act.

If it is heroic, then it should be done by the suicide himself.

If they don't have the ability to kill themselves then they shouldn't be allowed to degrade the medical profession by encouraging or requiring doctors and nurses to participate.

Instead they should hire a paid assassin to kill them.

That's a lot more dignified than degrading an already degraded profession and making a mockery of the Hippocratic Oath.

[trimom]

There is a distinct difference between doing nothing to prolong life and taking an active step to end life. That is the moral line that we cannot cross. We do not give life nor should we take it. Sorry, this one is not about me (or my children), but about a power higher than us all.

[cosine]

Disability does not diminish the value of life. Perhaps you should spend some time on the "Not Dead Yet" website.

[pray4liberty]

So if you were permanently disabled, you would have your two children spend the rest of your life, and the rest of their resources, caring for you? Given a choice, I'd rather not, thank you.

You always have a choice. You have the right to refuse medical treatment. You have the right to stop eating and drinking. If it's your choice, you choose, don't choose for the rest of us by getting the state involved in the 'put to sleep' business.

Once euthanasia is made legal, the day will come when sick (or maybe not so sick) elderly, depressed or disabled people will be lined up against a wall and 'mercifully' offed for no other reason than the rationalization that "they are going to die anyway" and they are a "drain on resources" or "useless eaters."

Some may even have their organs harvested so other people may live...noble cause, indeed. Not to mention profitable. Come to think of it, it's already happening in Communist China. Human life is really not a big deal over there, they're so overpopulated, they think of government-approved killing as culling the herd. This is what happens in a country that has no regard for human life itself and people are commodities, not individuals.

If you are really concerned about being a burden on your family, get a living will with a durable medical power of attorney and state your wishes in writing.