crumpetsounds wrote:
Off the Grid wrote:
That is perhaps the point. Even in, "the greatest country on earth" you cannot legally choose to end your own suffering. The law *requires* you to suffer, for years, and even decades. How is this moral, ethical, or even legal? Does one not have the right to autonomy?!?
A: The Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) is a permissive law that allows terminally ill Oregonians to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of a lethal dose of medication, expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose. The DWDA was a citizens' initiative passed twice by Oregon voters.
Death with Dignity Act - Oregon.gov
https://www.oregon.gov› oha › DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT › Pages › faqs
A: The DWDA states that to participate, a patient must be:
(1) 18 years of age or older,
(2) a resident of Oregon,
(3) capable of making and communicating health care decisions for him/herself, and
(4) diagnosed with a terminal illness that will lead to death within six months.
You have to be almost dead. This is hardly humane, let alone civilized. You have to go to Belgium to end your suffering.
Again...."the greatest country on earth", *requires* suffering.
FWIW - so does Canada. You have to be 6 months from death to be eligible for assisted suicide. It is just as criminally irresponsible there.