[little jeremiah]

So right - why should the government interfere if I decide my old father’s quality of life is no good? I’m sure he’d want to die if he could talk!

[pappyone]

Evidentially, you've not had the heart rending experience of holding your fathers or mothers hand as they lay dying from a terminal illness. I've done both. You are a fool if you think the government should have a role in the decisions made at the end of life. And yes, end of life is a medical term, the point at which medical science no longer has any treatment options available. I am probably the most conservative person you will ever meet. Conservative does not mean abrogating family decisions to the government. You want the government involved in the end of life decisions, would you also let the government tell you when to start a life, like deciding when you and your wife could have a baby, or maybe the government could decide that the baby your wife is carrying is defective and should be aborted. In fact, I guess you support Pelosi’s failed contraception millions to “help the economy through limiting the number of children born”. There's you government telling you how to care for your family.