Should The Idea Of "My Body, My Choice" Justify Physician-Assisted Suicide If One Wishes To End Their Life?

[Physics-Man]

Yes

No

[Simslover92]

Yes. This was a tough one to answer because on the one hand it seems inhumane to let someone end their life prematurely but at the same time, you don't want them suffering with whatever ailment they may have that is fatal and wither away in a hospital bed. Ultimately, I had to go with yes because I've had aunts and uncles and grandparents wither away and die a slow painful agonizing death and not have the choice to opt out while they were still cognizant and I would have wanted them to have that choice to leave on their terms as I feel that should be everyone's choice in cases where they will be suffering in their bed until they die naturally.

[KetoJames]

During the height of Covid season, German suicide clinics refused to kill you unless you got the vaccine first. lol True story. No corruption there.

Anyway, the standard "my body my choice" theme, is when you're killing something or someone else. But suicide is just about you, and it should be allowed. I read an article where scientists believe they have the ability to upload a mind into a computer bank. This is directed mostly for people who are in horrible health or near death.

This research isn't about being nice to people, it's about lessening the population. I'm sure Gates and Bezos are helping to fund this. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying the people behind this don't have halos over their heads. Being uploaded might be way better than our current reality.

[MementoMori777]

nope, i just dont believe suicide is right, once that happens i will lose all faith in humanity, its inhumane to push people/assist people to end themselves in any way, instead they can assist to help them throught that bad mental state but once they justify it its downhill for humanity and things will get mich colder and that will be irreversible, 20 years from that and they will start billing you to kill yourself, a set price for the poison, a set price for the room, a set price for where your body will go etc. once we cross that line of inhumane rhere will be some sickening results.

[bayoubob]

No, you don't push it. You just make it available. I know what you are saying. It's why Single Payer Universal Health Care is BULLSHIT! Where as before, people who have chronic pain with no terminal illness can't get reprieve legally via Kevorkian style people, they must cry and cry and cry and eventually kill themselves. Now, Single Payer Universal Health Care, is telling them, that THEY MUST DIE! They don't want to keep your ass alive if you want to LIVE! You are supposed to give up the GHOST.

[MementoMori777]

at that point you might as well push it lol

[bayoubob]

What it comes down to is, we treat our pets better than we do humans when it comes to end of life. If your pet is suffering, you don't have the heart, gall, or money to keep them alive. It's called the final gift of love. You either take your pet out back with a rifle or you hire a Veterinarian to euthanize. So, why can't we provide that for humans if they so choose?

[genericname85]

i always wonder how these who yell "my body my choice" never think about the body and the choice of the person tha thay are trying to kill so hard.

however i do think that "physicians" should not be allowed to harm anyone ever. maybe there should be another profession that can assist with suicide but obviously any medical doctor would have a conflict of interest harming a person.

i mean some states legal system are allowed to kill people. so there should be a possibility for people who are so ill, that continuing living makes no sense.

[gorydetails]

This is a very difficult concept. On the one hand, absolutely, you should have the option of going out on your terms. I've experienced watching family members waste away with terminal cancer. It's absolute torture in the end for a family to be sitting around with an unresponsive loved one wasting away in front of them. And there's certainly dignity going out while you're cognizant if you're absolutely terminal.

On the other hand, we see what's happening in Canada, where assisted suicide or euthanasia is being sold as a viable alternative to save costs on healthcare.

We'd also see people who are not terminal who are committing suicide and could change their lives and be productive.

[bayoubob]

Precisely. Where as before in Canada you couldn't remotely entertain the thought of Human Euthanasia. Now, it's a cost saving measure. That is what is wrong with Universal Health Care. Now they push for it. If you want to fight? They don't want to pay money to keep you alive? So, their Government tells you what to do. This happens everywhere where Universal Health Care exists. They have priority in place. Butt hurt Liberals think that if you can get free health care the Government will pay for all and any of your ailments. They think if you have Cancer, you get the red carpet treatment, just like you are an A Lister in Hollywood! You are just a person. They will rip the so called red carpet out from under your legs, and tell you to get bent! With health insurance you have the ability to make the most decisions for your self. We the responsible! What often happens is hospitals and medical centers will not deny life saving measures, surgeries, and hospitalizations. They simply tell the patient they will come across some means of making a payment system that works for them. In essence, we do have Universal Health Care. But the people who are responsible take up the slack. Is that wrong? No, I don't believe it is, because anyone at any time may need help, simply because life throws you a curveball.

[RingOfFire]

Kind of. But I think it's closer to "My mind my choice."

I think every person has a right to take their own life. The only potential conflict I see here is whether or not it is moral and ethical for someone else to assist them. I am not sure if the fact that the person assisting them is a doctor or not makes any (or much) difference in that moral/ethical conflict. I tend to think that it is not moral to assist someone to take their own life. That is between the person and God. It is never clear whether you should help that person die or help them overcome the urge to die. So I don't think it is moral for someone to help them when it may not be the right thing to do.

[msc545]

My body--my choice is something women use to try to justify murdering unborn children and I don't think it has a place in this discussion.

I further think that if a person is in great pain that cannot be mitigated and is ill to the point of being likely to die shortly, then assisted suicide is justifiable.

I don't think assisted suicide is justified in any psychiatric illness that I know of, since these illnesses can be treated and if not cured then at least alleviated. Unfortunately, some of the more notorious cases of assisted suicide have involved young psychiatric patients.

[KingslayerC]

My body, my choice, means if you aren't immediately harming/endangering another living being, the gov should stfu about. They don't own us and we should refuse to be their property.

Want to slam heroin? Fine. Want to drive afterwards? no. Want to eat meat? Fine. Torture the animal first? no. Off yourself? Fine. Do it in front of your kids, while you're the sole guardian? Hell no. Just don't force me to pay for your heroin/meat/suicide.

[provokeesmokee]

I've watched Dementia, Alzheimer's, and Cancer rob my family of dignity and comfort in their twilight years.

I'd rather throw myself a death party with tattooists, dancers, drugs and friends than wait to rot to my death in a palliative care unit.

[sage2021]

I know that I have been very sick and inso much pain I was put on some very heavy duty IV pain meds and was on them for years. I suffered with screaming and crying, but no mercy was sent to me.
I have a son, and that's the reason I didn't do it myself.
But you can't encourage anyone to help take someone's life until you have felt horrific pain yourself.

[bayoubob]

Abso fucking lutely! You have pets right? You've watched movies like Old Yeller. Marley & Me. We treat animals far more humane than human life. When they are suffering you bring them in to the VET. The VET says euthanasia is best! You don't have to put the bullet in your pet's brain. The VET does it.

[JesseP1nk]

It is bit complicated. First you think "My Body, My Choice" makes perfect sense, right? BUT... Is that person adequate to make that decision if that person is sick. Lets take dementia for example... Person wants to end their life but do they understand what that means?

[FreyaRed]

Yes, but suicide a sin for Christians and no one should be allowed to commit a suicide no matter if the person is a christian or not. This is the same christian """tolerance""" with abortion.

[lightbulb27]

oddly enough it isn't their body, it's someone elses that is inside their body. That's different.

assisted suicide is my body my choice.

the issue seems messed up.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

When the person has incurable disease and he’s going to die in a horrible pain, I think that’s a right thing to do - help person end his life in a painless way with his loved ones around him.

[NamerOfStars]

That would be logically consistent, yes- but then, that would also require abolishing infant genital mutilation, and there's very little overlap between the groups pushing for those two things.

[alice55]

I think the first things to do before doing this is letting people that want to commit suicide suicide and not put them on suicide watch against their will...

[strateguy632]

if the chronic sufferer believes in god they would not say "my body". if life has sanctity, it is not their choice.

[Sour-rose]

I know, sounds nuts to say yes but honestly, if life ain't sweet anymore, death can be a great release.

[Drooogie4]

100%.

Within reason of course. But especially already terminal people absolutely deserve death with dignity.

[MemeSupreme]

yes BUT i think it really should have very specific requirements for it

[ShesRad80]

as someone who works in healthcare, actually yes.

[ShesRad80]

I see people who have no recourse for what is slowly killing them, they just have to wait for the end in suffering. it should be an optional for those especially in these circumstances

[LazerBean]

Yes, I fully support people who kill babies in the name of "their body" killing themselves.

[boggboss]

I'm already of the mind set if someone wants to end things they should have that choice

[Juxtapose]

Once you legalize that shit it starts getting incentivized just like in Canada.

If you want to kill yourself, just do it. Who is going to punish you when you're dead?

[fonduegirl]

I don't think they should ask their doctors for that. Should ask someone more trustworthy.

[Anonymous]

What does it have to do with anything, the problem with Abortion is the fact that the babies body is NOT your body.

[Rangers]

I think it should, I'd love to leave this world forever

[Anonymous]

This is not a simple answer. How do you determine who is fit to make that judgement?

[SolSolBunBun]

I Think It Should Be For Anything.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think so.

[Anonymous]

It didn’t help with vaccine mandates.

[QuietRunner]

Yes and vaccines too

[kylee2437]

In my opinion , yes.

[Agape93]

Yeap.

[KostasKouvalis]

Yes.

[najekim]

Yup.