should the peron be allowed to commit suicide?
2006-11-13 17:33:58 · 7 answers · asked by Fancy You 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
That is a deep moral question. One I have wrestled with. My mother has Alzheimer's. Her life is now down to lying in bed and suffering. It is hell to watch her. It is hell to stay away. Should I be allowed to help her end her life? If I did, how would it change me? Could I live with it? When I think about it I just cry. There is nothing I can do to help her. If I did help her end her life I would have to give up my freedom to be with my children and wife that also need me. It is hard to believe that God has some purpose to this hell I find myself in, but I am not God. I pray for it to be over for her and for us also. In the mean time I love her and weep. I honestly believe I could do it. I also believe it would destroy me. I am trapped. We all are. I think I know what I will do for myself when my time comes, but then I think that would have a horrible price for my loved ones also. It seems to me that to keep the faith is all we really have.
2006-11-13 18:13:08 · answer #1 · answered by YahooGuru2u 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Assisting a person to die is committing a suicide and it is punishable under the Penal Law.
2006-11-14 01:41:38 · answer #2 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be the patients choice, as long as that person is mentally competent enough to make that decision and there is sufficent medical evidence that this person is suffering and it will be lifelong pain then in both case's that person should be allowed to terminate there own life.
2006-11-14 01:42:57 · answer #3 · answered by George 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, why would someone have to live in pain just because others find it morally disturbing that such person ends his or her life?
Luckily I live in the only state with an assisted suicide law :)
2006-11-14 01:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by santapatita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if someone is in serious pain which cannot be alleviated using painkillers then that person has a right to have an end put to their suffering-but having said this in order to make such a decision the person has to be in full possession of their faculties and be able to make such a decision without any manipulation from others.
2006-11-14 04:36:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that person wishes it, yes.
The only true freedom we have is our lives, and our lives are our own to choose what to do with.
For those of you who agree, make sure you have a living will and you have discussed your thoughts with your families.
2006-11-14 02:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-11-14 01:34:41 · answer #7 · answered by jagexaccounting 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋