Should Assisted Suicide be made readily available to the Terminally ill?

yes i agree with this, as long as the person who is terminally ill makes the decision. and if they get a disease where they know they will be unable to make that decision in the future then they should say they want to be killed once they reach that stage

I do believe that option should be available to those that need it. I understand, but have never had to go through it, having to suffer such an extraordinary amount of pain. And I know that if that option was available to me, I would take it. I would make sure that my kids would be taken care of, but I would also not want them to see me suffering. It is a hard decision to make, but I think that for everyone's sake, it would be the best thing. I have had many horrible and painful experiences where I begged God to take my life and end the suffering, but what I was going through could be fixed. So by me putting myself in those shoes that do not have a way to be fixed, I would want to have that option ready for me when I choose to take it. Sure there may be some that are not able to talk and share their pain with you and tell you how bad they were suffering, but it is always better to be safe, then sorry.

As long as it is okay with the person dying, then yes, I do agree with it. I would rather not live and be at peace, than be in constant pain for the rest of my life. And if it's a matter of the patient not being able to voice his opinion, it should be the decision of their spouse, or parents if still alive.

Unfortunately in our country euthanasia is still illegal which in my view is totally wrong. I am pro-euthanasia, if I was a vegetable and couldn't do anything for myself I wouldn't want to live, surely its MY decision whether I want to live or die or not? if it was an animal you talked about, then it would get put down, right? That is humane and it stops the poor creatures suffering, so why then can't you adopt the same rules for humans? Why make people suffer unnecessary? It is not right, it is the kindest thing to do for them and to stop their family seeing them suffer every day.

I think the option should be there. There are some diseases that in the later stages rob a person of everything they are. They're delirious, in constant pain and don't have anything close to a life. They should have the option of a humane, assisted end rather than being forced to take matters into their own hands.

I agree with this. But if I was terminally ill however I would want to live for as long as I possibly could. Unless of course I was being kept alive by machines. If I was being kept alive by machines I wouldn't want to continue living.

If someone is living in constant pain, and have absolutely no hope for recovery (the disease is terminal), I do believe that they should have the right to ending that pain.

I do agree on your opinion on that. I really pity those people who are terminally ill but are still on life support. I watched a movie once, it was iit think the million dollar baby, it starred Hillary Shwank(hope I spelled it right).It was a story of a lady boxer who got paralyzed due to boxing. It was a very touching story.Due to a bad punch she was paralyzed from neck. It's been so long that she's in bed with no hope of recovery. She already asked her trainor to pull the plug and let her die. But the trainor wouldn't do it. Because thee trainor learned to love her as her daughter.He couldn't let her die.But she really wanted to die, she bit tongue as her protest to let her die. That time her trainor was so heartbroken and pitied her so much that he agreed to pull the plug.

Yes it should be. We should be allowed what dignities we can preserve in the event of terminal illness. We should be allowed to make our own decisions as to how far we wish to persue possible cure or remission. Counseling should be available, a time frame put together, at what point would a person wish to persue this option. The financial aspect, the physical pain, or the lack of the ability to make a conscious choice. It should not be an immediate decision upon diagnosis, but rather one that is made after careful consideration. Then it can be contracted at what point this event should take place if and when certain conditions occur.

no, in God's eyes it's still murder. No matter what. Only God has the right to decide when to end a life.

I believe that people should make up their own mind...I know for a fact that if I was a vegetable on life support I would want the plug pulled! And even if I wasn't a vegetable but living in constant pain with no quality of life I think I should have the choice!

i agree. it should be the persons choice to whether they want to live or not. why make them suffer? its not fair to them at all. If they want to have a lethal injection then let them!

In hospitals it is sometimes applied to those patients with terminal illness. Usually it is done when the patients family decide to end the life of the patient we call this mercy killing. Ethically speaking it is immoral.

Hi there. Well the way I see this it is Murder and the person who does would be the one who'd suffer not the one who'd got it done. Does anyone think about the person who'd suffer because of it? Thereby it being Murder I'm sorry but I don't agree with it. It's breaking the Lord's Commandment to NOT KILL. Therefore if someone does this they are doing something illegal and they can go inside for it. It's Murder whether you like it or not.

Yes, I think this should be allowed. I know that if I were terminally ill and in severe pain, I would appreciate being able to end my life. I think everyone should be required to make a living will expressing their desires in case they would be in a coma sometime and not wish to be kept alive in that condition. They say that a lot of comatose people feel extreme pain.

I can only think of one word, yes

I personally can't bear the thought of anyone taking life, assisted or on their own. It's something that hits me in the gut hard and makes me wonder hat past life experiences I have been through. Seriously, I think every drop of life is precious to the lessons we need to learn here. The only thing I can believe in, is constant hope and miracles. I've seen them happen.

yes its time mercy killing became legal.Its really sad to see people lying in coma for months.My friend's father slipped into coma 10 months back everyone was upset he was in hospital but there was no improvement they've brought him home and everyone has gone about with their lives the poor soul is a vegetable they are just waiting for him to die.Its really pathetic.Personally if i was ill would want to go away peacefully rather than suffer.

well that is up to the family and the person who is ill. It is worse on the family to set and watch some one kept alive on just machines and the cost is awful . I watched my father in lw on 20 machines to just keep him alive but he never said anything but my name after I go tthere and I was there 7 days after that he was in a coma this takes alot out of the family members I never left the hospital also one sister in law was there too.So after that my hubby said for me never to put him on any machine if it came down to where he was in a coma and they had no hope for him to wake up and come back to us. So I went with his wishes

If you cant take his/her suffering anymore. And you want his/her to end his/her life immediately because of suffering. theres nothing wrong about it. because they are suffering.its better to do something. than stare at them when they are in pain.