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Terminally ill man loses right to die court battle
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Everyone should have a right to die when they want, i think its shocking that when an animal is seriously ill with no chance of recovery its humanely put to sleep, but when a human is terminally ill, they just get pumped full of drugs, and told to get on with it. Any family members that help in an assisted suicide etc are charged, a new law should be brought in. Before the do gooders and human rights brigade jumped on and say theyll be abuse of the system, people will kill people that don't want to die etc, yes there probably will be abuse of the system but no system is perfect. I hope i never ever have to suffer like some of these people that want to die and cannot because of the laws in this country. If i am ever diagnosed with a terminal illness, brain damage etc i surely hope someone will help me out and hopefully this country has seen sense and changed the laws by that time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As someone who works a lot with terminally ill people i'm all for euthanasia, to see how some people are left to suffer in their last few weeks in heart breaking, being a empty shell pumped full of pain killers is no way to live even if it is for a short time, if your diagnosed terminal what's the point in making someone live in pain, dragging out a few more months from them, why not let them go with dignity at a time that suits them before they get to that point |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Its one of those subjects that divides opinion and raises a discussion where neither side is right or wrong…
My sympathies are with those people who's fundamental rights to determine their own fate are caught-out by the bureaucracy that must exist to protect the vulnerable…
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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people say we don't have the rights to play god and decide who lives and dies, but don't we play god everyday medically. isn't IVF playing god, isn't treating cancer playing god? so we have the right to chose who lives in their best interest but not not who dies? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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But where do you draw the line? The terminally ill? Those who are not terminally ill but have no quality of life? Cancer sufferers?
I do think we are moving towards Euthanasia being allowed, currently the CPS allow discretion and whilst people are charged not many are convicted.
We must not forget the Aktion T4 programme which Hitler run was a form of Euthanasia. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"But where do you draw the line? The terminally ill? Those who are not terminally ill but have no quality of life? Cancer sufferers?
I do think we are moving towards Euthanasia being allowed, currently the CPS allow discretion and whilst people are charged not many are convicted.
We must not forget the Aktion T4 programme which Hitler run was a form of Euthanasia. "
theres a difference between physically till and mentally ill, anyone who wants to die because they have no quality of life is probably suffering from some kind of depression treat that and you cure the wanting to no longer live
and with all due respect I think T4 was slightly different to terminally ill people wanting to end their own lifes  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"people say we don't have the rights to play god and decide who lives and dies, but don't we play god everyday medically. isn't IVF playing god, isn't treating cancer playing god? so we have the right to chose who lives in their best interest but not not who dies?"
True ..... When you have seen people in so so much pain day in day out ........ you just pray it stop and they pass away .. And at times you're left feeling so mixed up its your loved one ... you wish them alive but you don't wish them to live like that in so much pain day in day out and stand and look and can't do anything about it. Some of the hardest thing I had to do over the years have my dogs horses put down as I loved them so much I could not stand them in so much pain . We are not animals we are humans but we have rights to .
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But where do you draw the line? The terminally ill? Those who are not terminally ill but have no quality of life? Cancer sufferers?
I do think we are moving towards Euthanasia being allowed, currently the CPS allow discretion and whilst people are charged not many are convicted.
We must not forget the Aktion T4 programme which Hitler run was a form of Euthanasia.
theres a difference between physically till and mentally ill, anyone who wants to die because they have no quality of life is probably suffering from some kind of depression treat that and you cure the wanting to no longer live
and with all due respect I think T4 was slightly different to terminally ill people wanting to end their own lifes "
Whilst agreed there is an age old argument that you are starting something by allowing Euthanasia.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"No Court is ever going to give this right. If the law is to be changed it will have to be Parliament that does it and not the Courts."
Rightly so as well I think. I dont like the idea of Parliament doing it but at the same time it is not the Courts role to do it. Plus if they did it would be very specific and not across the board |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My mum was left with no speech ... Paralysed... Couldn't eat hot food ... Could only eat cold pureed food.
Imagine being trapped in a body ?
She did it for 5 years ... She is the bravest woman I've ever known - my hero
I've lived with it - seen the despair .. Held when crying ...
No one has the right to decide except the individual in cases like that. My mum changed and I know she only held on until I was 18 before giving up
There is no help ... No mercy ... Nothing
People in situations like my mum should have a choice
That's all |
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