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Do we have a 'right to die'?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 631684" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>We should have the right to choose the time and the manner of our passing. Having said that, I think the question becomes how to avoid having someone else or worse yet, some government entity, making those decisions for us.</p><p></p><p>It is a slippery slope.</p><p></p><p>How do we decide which medical treatments are to be applied or withheld? And more importantly, who decides, and on what criteria?</p><p></p><p>Even now, we question who among us has the right to define the quality of someone else's life. Remember the Terry Shiavo (?) case?</p><p></p><p>Each side fervently believed they were right.</p><p></p><p>As medical care (and costs) continue to advance, these are questions that will have to be addressed.</p><p></p><p>So yes, I believe we have the right to end our lives.</p><p></p><p>The issue coming for all of us is going to be whether there is a right not to die...and at what cost to society.</p><p></p><p>There again, the issue will be defining the meaning of that term, quality of life.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 631684, member: 17461"] We should have the right to choose the time and the manner of our passing. Having said that, I think the question becomes how to avoid having someone else or worse yet, some government entity, making those decisions for us. It is a slippery slope. How do we decide which medical treatments are to be applied or withheld? And more importantly, who decides, and on what criteria? Even now, we question who among us has the right to define the quality of someone else's life. Remember the Terry Shiavo (?) case? Each side fervently believed they were right. As medical care (and costs) continue to advance, these are questions that will have to be addressed. So yes, I believe we have the right to end our lives. The issue coming for all of us is going to be whether there is a right not to die...and at what cost to society. There again, the issue will be defining the meaning of that term, quality of life. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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