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What is your view on the Right to Die issue?

Cbabcoco 6 June 28
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My life, My Death.

Coldo Level 8 June 28, 2018
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Just that. It is an individuals right to choose to exit this life as & when they choose! Period. Full stop!

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You own your own life. Period.

This.

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It's our life and our death. It's a human right.

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There should be this option, and it should be safe and legal.

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100% support it.

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Let me turn it round. If a decision does not affect you directly what right have you, or any of us, to make choices for another human being? I apply this rule to all repressive legislation. ?

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It's your life! So why not? I understand there could be mitigating circumstances i.e. mental issues. But in the case of incurable disease (including mental) an Advance Directive should overrule any challenges.

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My dad wanted it so badly but couldn’t because he had Alzheimer’s and didn’t pass the psychological criteria. This was his lifelong belief but was denied it.

That's bad. It's a catch 22 situation.

The same thing happened with my dad.

@PalacinkyPDX My dad was in Portland when that happened. Noticed the PDX I’m your username b

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If you make the decision with all your mental faculties intact then so be it

ipdg77 Level 8 June 28, 2018
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As long as we're separating correctable vs terminal diagnoses, I'm all for allowing terminal patients the right to choose when and how they end their life.

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Every one should decide on their own

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I am in full support of it. If I am ever in that position, I will do it, legal or not.

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Absolutely. It should be my decision and not the decision of some politician that I be kept alive by any means necessary. We treat our animals better.

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If it’s ok to put my pets down so that they don’t have to suffer, why can’t I have myself put down for the same reason?

Hermit Level 7 June 28, 2018
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No one should be forced to suffer because of someone else’s fairytale

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I fully agree with the stance.

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That’s a great question. It depends on wether it is a retorical question, or if you are talking about the ability to let go of a loved one when their time comes to say goodbye and bow out of the stage.

When she decided to die, my mother accused me of being a hypocrite. She said that, for years she had heard me and my siblings talk about the right to die and all of a sudden we were denying her her right. She was so eloquent, I had no voice but to concede and give her my unconditional love and respect her decision.

It took one of my brothers several years to forgive me.

Lucila Level 4 June 30, 2018

I think you’re brave.

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I would rather have a right to die than be left to die

btroje Level 9 June 29, 2018
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I believe it is my right to do with my body as i please.

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If a person wants to die for any number of reasons, they have the right to either terminate their own lives or let a physician do it for them.

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All for it.

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All for it. If someone wants to go through with it, let them do it in a respectful way. Maybe require some type of counseling prior. Possibly comparable to what is done commonly for people with major elective surgery?

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I feel like everybody has a right to end it anytime

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