'Mercy killing' not part of law: "An Old Bailey judge sums up in the trial of a mother accused of murdering her son who was brain-damaged in an accident."
This is very interesting in light of recent discussion in England in particular, and Europe in general. What do you think about it?
If I stated, before something happened to me, that I wanted to be able to die with dignity, then I should be allowed to do just that. The law already allows for do not rescuitate orders to be inserted into a medical record.
ReplyDeleteI can see how the argument applies to protect those without such orders in their medical records. I should be allowed to determine how my life ends. Personally, I want to die peacefully if ever in a vegetative state - not fed through a feeding tube.
Let me go and have a great party. Im interested to see how others react. Thanks for the food for thought PD
Hey Dave. I affirm the desire to die with dignity. Your thoughts, I think I am hearing you rightly, fall more in line with the broader discussion. This article had very specific circumstances. I found it interesting the judge used the language of "mercy killing" in light of Brits going to Switzerland.
ReplyDeleteI distinguish between "dying how you want to" and "do not resuscitate." If I may, what are your personal desires if something were to happen?
This issues hits our family close to home due to my oldest sister's ongoing complications with MS. I suppose the comment section is not the proper place (at least in one single comment) to explain the full extent of my view.
If the law permitted it, I would want to simply receive an overdose of Versed and morphine...drift off to sleep and meet my maker.
ReplyDeleteJeremy Bentham said there should only be two kinds of crimes - those against other people and those against people's property - and all other things should be legal.
In that setting, I (or anyone able to) should be able to set the parameters for my own demise, IF there were no other options and my death was coming forthwith.