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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Ridiculous last phrase, implying that assisted suicide somehow equates to mistreatment of a corpse.
Firstly I care about dignity for the living more than for the dead. All evidence points to that we won't have any idea what happens to our bodies after death for a really simple reason - we'll be dead. Any care for the body is more about looking after those who are still alive, their feelings, their concerns, and their emotions. The body is an empty shell that looks like someone they used to know but has now passed. It is no more the person who died than a shred of skin from that person is.
There are no perfect safeguards when things are prone to abuse - none. Like pretty much everything else there's a cost:benefit analysis there and the evidence, sorry if I keep using that word, from countries that have legalised assisted euthanasia and have robust safeguards is that the benefits outweigh the costs.
I think you're being paranoid and opposing assisted euthanasia for the wrong reasons. If there are amendments that go down the slippery slope of involuntary euthanasia or weaken safeguards then yes, absolutely, those should be opposed.
Merely permitting assisted euthanasia however is humane, compassionate, and will bring comfort to those who are dying, knowing that they can end their lives in the manner they see fit at the time they see fit, rather than lingering on in doubt and pain, gradually losing their faculties until finally their body can no longer sustain them.
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I'm not being paranoid, here's what a doctor and former supporter says about assisted suicide in Holland and how we'd be foolish to follow their lead.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-killing.html
When you read some of the stories in this thread it'd be impossible not to support assisted dying when someone has locked in syndrome or something equally horrible but as the doctor has witnessed the reality is very different in Holland.
The vast majority of doctors here don't support it and less than 20% will participate in it if legalised
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/most-docto...115724259.html
Oh and the last phrase of my previous post isn't ridiculous, it shows what happens when business is allowed in to something as sensitive as this, rules ignored, corners cut all in the name of profit.