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To: gleeaikin; BykrBayb

NOBODY is arguing that the terminally ill have the right to refuse medical treatment -- as long as it's their own decision.


9 posted on 03/14/2007 5:30:21 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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"As long as it's their own decision."

This is exactly the point. A person can refuse treatment, but in most places cannot legally access what would enable them to die without excess pain.

Fortunately, neither my mother or my husband had significant pain. If they had, I and they would have wanted to be able to make the decision to end it at a time of their own choosing.


10 posted on 03/14/2007 5:56:23 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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Looking for a win-win here, can't we convince DemocRats that the only way to stop global warming is for them to move to Oregon and save the planet by ceasing to breathe?


11 posted on 03/14/2007 6:05:48 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (Patriotism to DemocRats is like sunlight to Dracula.)
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