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Do we have a 'right to die'?
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 634153" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>In Oregon and Washington there is a "right to death with dignity". It's a very complicated process with lots of hoops to jump through which very few people are eligible for (your friend would be if she wanted) and even fewer choose to apply for. Only about 60% of the people who get the prescription actually use it.</p><p></p><p>We had to vote on this twice and then the legislature had to step in to get it done. The first time we voted for it, John Ashcroft came in and said he was certain that we didn't understand what we were voting for because it was one of those "yes" if you don't approve/"no" if you do approve ballot questions. So it was overturned and it got on the ballot again. (Oregon has a ballot initiative process, which is true democracy in motion, but I digress...) When it was passed the second time, Ashcroft came back with the "A doctor can do no harm!" argument and actively threatened to jail any doctor or pharmacist participating. Then the legislature finally got it's act together and passed an airtight law.</p><p></p><p>I think it's the right thing to do. Doctors (and family members) are faced with this decision all of the time, every day. To my mind if the patient can't make that choice, it makes them murderers and no one should have to be that to help someone who is dying and in unbearable pain. Let people make a choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 634153, member: 99"] In Oregon and Washington there is a "right to death with dignity". It's a very complicated process with lots of hoops to jump through which very few people are eligible for (your friend would be if she wanted) and even fewer choose to apply for. Only about 60% of the people who get the prescription actually use it. We had to vote on this twice and then the legislature had to step in to get it done. The first time we voted for it, John Ashcroft came in and said he was certain that we didn't understand what we were voting for because it was one of those "yes" if you don't approve/"no" if you do approve ballot questions. So it was overturned and it got on the ballot again. (Oregon has a ballot initiative process, which is true democracy in motion, but I digress...) When it was passed the second time, Ashcroft came back with the "A doctor can do no harm!" argument and actively threatened to jail any doctor or pharmacist participating. Then the legislature finally got it's act together and passed an airtight law. I think it's the right thing to do. Doctors (and family members) are faced with this decision all of the time, every day. To my mind if the patient can't make that choice, it makes them murderers and no one should have to be that to help someone who is dying and in unbearable pain. Let people make a choice. [/QUOTE]
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