Oregon and Washington, are the other two states that allow assisted suicides for terminally ill patients.
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My heart goes out to anyone that is terminally ill. I'm not sure that I wouldn't have thoughts myself, if something like that, G-d forbid, were to happen to me but, ultimately, it's the doctor that is doing the killing.
How can society say it's okay for a doctor to kill but, not anyone else? What if a person wants to be killed in a different manner, other than a lethal dose? Shouldn't they then have a choice of to how someone would kill them or, who should kill them? Where does this end?
There are some sick people in this world, not just physically. What about people who are psychologically suffering from schizophrenia? Or, some other type of mental illness? What if they would like assisted suicide because, they can't live with the hallucinations, or trauma anymore? Are they supposed to suffer because, someone has determined they can't think for themselves?
Living in a world where things are still forged like documents, or doctored videos, how will we know for certain if this is what the person wanted?
What about, "healthy mind, health body"? If these folks have a body that is failing, how do we know their minds are in a state where they know what they are doing? Who determines this? The doctor that is going to ultimately kill them?
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