Comments on: Is the Oregon assisted suicide law legal?

By: ProtoGirl

ProtoGirl — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:43:05 +0000

who said you’ll be going to heaven?
suicide can mean hell.

By: Aisha Alami

Aisha Alami — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:34:20 +0000

euthanasia is waaaaccccccccckk

By: Mike Sims

Mike Sims — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:01:43 +0000

My aunt, Lucille Adamson, PhD., recently took advantage of the Oregon law (Front page, Eugene Sunday Register-Guard, Aug. 14, 2005.) She had a very fulfilling life and as a former biochemist, new as much about her condition as a cancer patient could. In her view, being kept alive without the ability to enjoy life and having to rely on the very personal services of others was a form of torture. We know that Attny. Gen. Gonzales is a little weak on the concept of torture (he appears to favor it in some cases) and it is a shame that this weakness is now to be inflicted on the terminally ill. Unfortunately, doctors are pretending that they can eliminate pain without also limiting other functions. How many of your functions could you stand to lose before you decide it is not worth living? My aunt could stand a measure of pain and she could stand limitations on her mobility and the ability to enjoy the outdoors. She would have wanted to live if she could enjoy her intellectual pursuits. However, when cancer started to take her eyes and imit her brain function, she knew that there was nothing that could be done to make her life enjoyable. I am grateful that she had the opportunity live as herself to the end.

By: DB’s Medical Rants » Previous writings on physician assisted suicide

DB’s Medical Rants » Previous writings on physician assisted suicide — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:59:23 +0000

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By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:41:31 +0000

Do you have to have resided in Oregon a certain amount of time before you may ask for assisted suicide?

By: Nicole Adams

Nicole Adams — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:31:56 +0000

I believe that the Assisted-Suicide Law should be legal in all states, in the U.S. Imagine being bedridden for the rest of your days. How would you like to be laying in a bed, doing nothing, just lying there, like a vegetable? It wouldn’t feel that great, would it? If you were to have the choice of either laying there everyday, or just dying, and going to heaven, which would you choose? These people in other states, besides Oregon, are probably wishing that they had the choice. Because, if it were up to them, I’m sure they would rather be in heaven then in a bed for what seems to be forever.

By: David Toub, MD, MBA

David Toub, MD, MBA — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:10:57 +0000

I agree. While I too have mixed feelings on active euthanasia, passive euthanasia is often a part of standard medical practice in oncology, critical care, etc. That said, regardless of one’s personal feelings or practice, it is fundamentally wrong for the govt to step in and oversee what is a clinical matter between a physician and his or her patient. We’ve seen this too many times in the abortion debate—regardless of one’s views, should it be acceptable for a group of nonclinical legislators to decide if intact D&E is appropriate, appropriate under certain circumstances, etc? We need to keep the government out of clinical decision making. This is not their area of expertise.