euthanasia UK yes/no ?

euthanasia UK yes/no ?

I honestly think if a person is terminally ill, and they are capable to make informed decisions, they should have the right to decide when and if they end their life.

After watchin that very publicised case on TV a few yrs ago, about the couple who went to court so the husband could assist his wife with her death, its totally changed my whole opinion on this subject.

i honestly cant remember wot the women's illness was, i just know it had left her confined to her bed or her wheelchair in total agony every minute of everyday of her life, she was totally dependant on her husband for everything...

i think it might of been end stage MS

This lady was unable to do anything for herself...including speak, although she was of sound mind, and able to communicate through other means. Her husband was her main carer and did everything for her....24/7.

The court disallowed their request and this lady had to live the last few mths of her life in severe constant pain and discomfort. Not to mention a total lack of dignity !

I think the UK should be like Switzerland....each human being should have the right to choose and make such a decision.
I think euthanasia should be legalised......

Wot does everyone else think?

I think if the person is in their right mind, then they should be able to end their suffering. Would imagine its very difficult to determine "right mind" and also to make sure they wont change their mind when/if things were to improve :spangled:

i agree with it. if it saves any pain or suffering then the person should be allowed to do die peacefully. its almost cruel to keep them alive without hope just to suffer in pain for a few more months.

apparently it happens in hospitals on occassions when docs have a choice of keeping a patient alive for a few days in pain or just turnin up the morphine and sending them off.

yes defo. many places abroad have become inolved in euthanasia tourism. whats the point of making a big deal about it, because if people are going to be in that much pain and suffering when they have an incurable illness its just mad to make them live through a nightmare.

its thier life, and while many people would put forward the attitude that god should decide or that its fate and you shouldnt mess etc, that attitude is slowly fading IMO.

defo, for reasons everyone else will write.

I think everyone should hav a living will........im certainly guna have one .

I wouldnt want my loved ones to hav to care for me ,....or see me in that way. I wouldnt want any of my family or friends to suffer in pain.....and end their life in an undignified way.

I want medical staff to know that i made a decision regarding the end of my life when i was in a sound state of mind, before any illness began, so there would b a chance that something would be done to ease my sufffering and let me pass on with dignity.

sorry everyone , it probably is a bit to deep. i just hope that if im ever in that situation, and i pray to god that i wont ever be. i just hope that i'd be able to make my own decision and make my own choice, and not have some judge decide for me. cause as far as im cocerned lying in a hospital bed hooked up to machines giving me shots of morphine just to dull the excrutiating pain....thats not a life

I agree with it! Its not fair at all keeping someone alive who is in constant pain and agony

Euthanasia should be regulated Logan's Run styley - once everyone turns 30 they have to go into this geet big marquee thingy and start spinning and flying around and exploding. Would be class.

Not many will agree with me but NO.

Bollocks to that, I'm fucking off to see a mental robot with Jenny Agutter when I go red

Film?!? :spangled:

Oh dear... I should lay off the furniture polish...

Nobody has the right to take someone elses life.

Who makes these decisions? The doctor? The family? The person?

Who draws the line?

What happens if they change their mind?

Who regulates it?

I am not religious in the slightest, nor a do-gooder, however I think this is a far more complicated issue than just ending someones suffering.

I sympathise with those who are affected by this issue, however I think that legalisation of euthanasia is a very bad idea.

I wasn't against it until I heard the pro-euthanasia camp argue that it can cost thousands of pounds to keep someone who is terminally ill alive, and that money could be better spent elsewhere. Sorry, but you can't put a price on human life.

Well I thought that she gave me a blowjob in the shower earlier before I turned into a werewolf and then went off and seen a comedy soft porn with my dead and rotten best friend and all the people I'd ate...



but I must be getting mixed up.

Hmm...IMO money is not a factor to base an opinion on.

What regulation is really needed - if its a mutual descision between patient and family then nobody should be able to stand in the way.

If I was in pain, with no chance of survival, and unable to do anything, I would want to die. What is the point in living?

Thousands of others feel the same.

nobody has the right to tell someone that they CANT die.

That, IMO, is far more wrong and immoral. Keeping somebody alive purely because it happens to be the law is totally in-humane.

Its a disgrace, what sodding right do they have to dictate such things.

Im totally for it.

And in direct response to the money issue - it's true.

Again, me personally - If i was terminally ill, then I would rather that the money that was doing nothing more than prolonging my suffering went to people who had the chance to live.

What if the person who wasnt terminally ill could have been saved? Is it ok so that the person who is can live in pain for a few more months?

Yeah man, just let all the poor fuckers who want to do away with themselves get on with it. Must cost the NHS millions is Psychiatrist's wages! LEGALISE SUICIDE! In fact better still why not prescribe suicide pills on the NHS so that they can do it quickly and without making a mess! If they don't want to go on with their life who the hell are we to stop them?!!

The problem is that IF it was legalised money WOULD come into it. I think the most important question in any debate about euthanasia is WHO draws the line and WHERE.

I personally do not want a doctor, polotician, or even my own family deciding whether I should live or die should I become ill.

i think it should be raised to 40 atleast, cause if it was 30 i'd only have 3 years left