If we have the right to live then should we have the right to die?

Question

Mercy killings::::::

If there is a person with a terminal disease and they are at the end of their road and suffering shouldn't they be allowed to have the decision written in their will to be allowed to die...

I know it's more of a personal choice and many things factors in...

Some say just give them morphine well morphine actually can help kill them quicker because it drops the blood pressure and heart rate........

Answer 1

I do agree, and i know of one doctor who has done this with the morphine..
Why should we have to suffer inhumanly?
We put our animals down if they are in too much pain ...yet we make those we claim to love suffer unimaginable pain.

It wrong and the sooner we change these laws the better.
~A~

Answer 2

Well the right to live is given by God, there is no right to die, when it is your time you go. This is a very controversial subject. I am going to contradict what i say no matter what, most people discussing these issues will. I am for death penalty but not abortion, however they are both legal so why should you have to suffer, you should be able to chose, but then i feel there are so many things that have to be involved in that decision. This is one of those topics you could write an explanation 4 pages long. Then depending on your religion you have to ask yourself well if God was ready for them they would die and if you chose to get the morphine injection or whatever the case would be, is it suicide? There are a million unanswered questions involving all of these things...

Answer 3

I personally think the main problem here is religion, you see, the Bible doesn't cover this subject so the "Power's That Be", namely the Politicians who are the Law-Makers, use their Bible as the ethics of the subject...
Down here in Aussie this debate has been hot since the 1970's, and we are no closer to a solution now...
You see, all the top Politicians use their Christianity as a crutch to woo the Christian community who out number all other denominations...
So basically we are bound by what the Bible says, as pertaining to suicide..( I am Wiccan so I don't know the parts in the Bible that suicide refers to)..
Also for us Aussies we have a Political Party called "Family First", which is absolutely choc-a-block full of Christians, ex-Ministers some of them, so they bring their religion to the table before the agenda..(I personally think this Party should be dissolved immediately, but that's another story)...

OK, having said how we are shackled to Politics and Religion, I will tell you what CAN happen if you have terminal cancer down here...
Firstly you will have to have hospital treatment and drugs, some of which are not covered by the Government, so you may have to pay thousands of dollars for drugs and treatment...
Let's move forward into the future, shall we~~~~~
OK, you have terminal cancer, you have sold your house and most of your assets to pay for treatment and drugs...
All of a sudden you have no more money to pay for your treatment, what happens then ??
Then they start talking about discontinuing treatment and perhaps turning off life support...
This only happens when you are stone broke, if you can still afford treatment and while you are paying, nothing is ever mentioned about turning off life support etc...

I personally will not be shacked to the above Politics, as I have my way to deal with the above and to the Christian Hell with the two faced bastards who are blocking "The Right To Die With Dignity"

This is a very sour point with me as you can see, and I have lost family members and friends who did not die with any dignity at all...
They suffered agonising deaths, some lingered on for years, because they PAID.....
Blessed Be... )O(

Answer 4

The right to live does not necessarily imply the right to die. The right to do one thing does not necessarily imply the right to do the opposite of said thing. If anything, the right to do one thing would tend to imply the prohibition of its opposite. Having said that, there is a right to die if one is being sustained by artificial means and one has previously prepared a health care directive in accordance with applicable state law. There is not, however, a right for a third party to take it upon himself or herself to act in the absence of a proper directive. As for the comments in one or more of the above answers about abortion, the Roe opinion, which many people mention but which apparently so few have actually read, is premised in large part upon the insufficient evidence at the time of the Court's opinion as to when "life" starts.

Answer 5

It's not an easy topic. It's really two vital (& different) elements here.

There's a big difference between an informative concenting to euthanisa and quite another to use euthanisa to clear Society of it's burdens. The first is a valid option, the obvious concerns of the abuse of the second is frequently used to devalue the first.

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Answer 6

Well since I have seen so many family members begging for their right to die and wanting to just go because they were in so much pain and agony.
It bothers me that those that haven't been thru that kind of pain can pass judgment on those that are literally writhing with pain and agony.
My own dad had made his peace with God, but he suffered so much. He begged me to help him go, I couldn't do it, but I know others that have.
He was a spiritual man, and If i could have I would have helped his passing.
To me, if i'm at the end of my journey, I would pray someone would help me. Just my opinion.
Blessings

Answer 7

I think that its all based on different circumstances..

If a patient is terminally ill, going through unending pain.. and they request it.. then they should be able to do it to themselves. I dont agree with someone else killing them for them.

Now there are those attention getters out there that slice their wrists, and say they want to die because they want attention. Those people I think, should be forced to die. I think that self loathing and self pity is ridiculous.

Just remember.. when slitting your wrists.. its down the road.. not across the tracks.

Answer 8

A lady I knew had bone cancer in her back. It took five years for her to die. If you knew what that's like you'd be crying for her without me going any further. She asked every member of her family to help her die. For religious reasons they refused and said that it was a terrible burden put on them to test their faith.
My dog had heart worms so in an act of kindness my final gift to him was to put him to sleep humanely.
This woman suffered horribly 24/7 for at least 3 years of her terminal illness.
Today the family is proud that they resisted temptation to the end.

Sometimes I think about her and weep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-1JVctSOY
♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞

Answer 9

I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I do have the same qualms as a couple of others on here. We have rights, humans and animals. There are laws against animal cruelty and it's okay to euthanize them. There are laws against human cruelty (so to speak), but it's not okay. And not to mention the death penalty. It's okay to kill for punishment but not to put one out of misery as we do animals. Really, what's the difference?

Like I said, not sure of my feelings on the matter, but it makes one wonder...

Answer 10

yes....not sure mercy killings ...everyone has the rite to live and die and it comes to us all death that is ...in its own time ..with pain control now the going can be easier ..but were there is life there is hope ... not being flippant on this one ....really cannot say on this one truly ..hope I never have to choose ..but death is not easy for anyone don't know .....hope I never have to make that choice or others ...for me