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Are you against or pro euthanasia?

Every time I watch a debate on Euthanasia, it reveals deep divisions about the value and meaning of life. What happens if we keep normalising the right to die or continuously expand the parameter.

Have we become a compassionate society, for civil law to allow a decent death. The slippery slope argument is harder to combat, though, I don't know where I stand with this.

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Bleed · 41-45, F

I’m for it. Especially when the person with the illness is the one requesting it. It’s seen as inhumane to let animals suffer but we’re suppose to?

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@Bleed Exactly. The logical inconsistencies surrounding this issue bother me.

I don't understand why we need to treat people worse than Animals - and I'm a cynical misanthropist.

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@Bleed Most people judge these situation based on medical protocols and pain management techniques which are at least 30 years out of date. Pain management and medications are greatly improved today. Hospices know how to manage pain quite well these days. In the past, it was the policy of most doctors and hospitals to restrict pain medication to avoid addictions, even if the patient was terminal. They also would restrict pain medications if the use of them would shorten a patient's life. These old policies, no longer in place anywhere, plus older less effective pain medications, are what fuel the myth that we need to legalize assisted suicide and/or euthanasia. The insurance companies and HMOs got on that bandwagon and have funded huge campaigns to legalize assisted suicide in several states. Most people have not read the Remmenlink Report done by the government in the Netherlands indicating that their assisted suicide/euthanasia program is a horrifying failure on many levels. After the government of the Netherlands funded the study, and then were shocked by it's results, they tried to suppress it, but eventually released it. For a summary of this situation, plus a well thought out discussion of the entire subject, read this book:
[i]Forced Exit[/i]