[purpleraine]

You should reread what I said. If I gave you the impression it's not the person's decision, in fact I said the opposite. Do you agree that a person has the right to make that decision about themselves?

The problem occurs when they can't make it, as we have seen in cases recently. Just to create another dissonance for you. If I am the decision maker delegated in an advanced medical directive and I'm asked whether or not to "pull the plug" on another person, who's decision is it to do so?

[Monterrosa-24]

The patient has the right to request that extraordinary measures not be taken to prolong his life. But turning off a respirator is different than administering a fatal dose of drugs. So many times we have seen the respirator turned off but the patient continues to live for an extended time.

No one has the “right” to end his own life. That is law and it is morality. If you desire to change the law then you have the right to lobby for it. But you’ll find yourself in strange company.

My father was a neurosurgeon and he had the backbone to speak his mind. He was on the side of the INTRINSIC VALUE of life.

[Jaded]

The Dr. Death issue was not about one person committing suicide or punching his own ticket or whatever. It was about Dr. Death killing people and calling it a service. That friend, is MURDER.