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Originally Posted by rogermevans
it doesnt do that now suicide is not illegal in this country the "Suicide Act 1961" took away the offense
and i m sorry but if you have a sound mind it should be easy to arrange inside the current frame wok to take your life and not have a risk of prosecution its not hard
any one with a long term condition which meant couldn't do the act are really the only ones who could theoretically get their chosen helper into trouble but if they followed what i said in previous answer and went abroad i cant see there even then would be much if any chance of a prosecution taking place
what some are asking for is a pre decision now that i find really scary
just imagine the long suffering ( for they go through almost as much as the ill person ) getting a nice piece of paper saying they wont be prosecuted in the matter of any future death of their partner
they go to the other country but the partner decides they are not really ready but the helper has had enough and kills them what do you do now where would the protection be then
plus once in pace do you really want to see these headlines here
http://www.lifenews.com/bio589.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...cineandhealth1 |
What exactly is your impression of what happens at Dignitas?
They wheel you in, hand a syringe full of barbituates to your loved one and say "Ve vill just turn around und look zee ozer vay" ?
Or do you mean they're in the hotel room after getting back from Dignitas, and your loved one who took you there picks up the lamp and whacks you over the head with it until you're dead, then one would think that the local police would treat it as a murder. Your loved one saying "but he changed his mind so he beat himself to death with the lamp" really isn't going to wash is it?
As for your linked articles, while in some cases spina bifida has been treated surgically, the cases mentioned had serious spina bifida, and other non-treatable terminal conditions.
The guardian article is reporting on someone's opinion.
To allow someone who cannot make the decision for themselves die slowly in pain no matter if their loved ones say they should die quickly and painlessly is unethical to me.