California About To Approve Physician-Assisted Suicide

Posted by | September 12, 2015 16:00 | Filed under: Politics


California would be the sixth state to approve physician-assisted suicide.

The state legislature passed a bill Friday that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminal patients with less than six months left to live. The bill gained momentum this year after the death of Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman with brain cancer who moved to Oregon to take advantage of the state’s death-with-dignity law.

It’s not yet clear whether California Gov. Jerry Brown will approve the bill. It’s a huge victory for the aid-in-dying movement to get the bill through the legislature; just two months ago, the legislation stalled in committee for lack of support. Prior to this bill passing, similar efforts have failed four times since 1995.

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9 responses to California About To Approve Physician-Assisted Suicide

  1. bpollen September 13th, 2015 at 01:41

    I’m torn here. I have a pretty severe aversion to suicide, but I think that you have a right to control your own body. No easy answers…

    • whatthe46 September 13th, 2015 at 02:08

      well, i don’t think, well, actually i’m assuming, you wouldn’t be torn if you were in a vegetative state and had to have someone do for you what you’ve been capable of doing your entire life, and you had only months to live. what if it also involved constant pain and degregation? wouldn’t you want to be able to decide how you leave this world. whose rules should you live by in the end? there’s or yours?

      • bpollen September 13th, 2015 at 02:14

        That’s just it. I see both sides of the issue, and there is no clear cut answer I can give on the subject.

        • whatthe46 September 13th, 2015 at 02:19

          let me ask you this. whose side (other than the one who feels they are ready to let go) are you talking about?

          • bpollen September 13th, 2015 at 02:24

            I can understand those who feel it’s wrong, and those who think you should have a choice. Ultimately, I think it is up to the individual, but I have also seen how devastating suicide can be on the loved ones too.

            • whatthe46 September 13th, 2015 at 02:50

              but, if you love someone sooooo hard, wouldn’t you want them to be at peace? whose suffering are you sparing? there’s or yours? is it really suicide when you choose to die with dignity, considering you’re already dying? is it suicide if you say “stop drowing me in drugs that ease my pain just for a little while?” i don’t want to die. but, i don’t want to suffer death. i am not afraid of dying either. but, if my only choice is live in pain or live drifting into oblivion at the hands of strangers until my end, then, please let me go now. leave me be at peace. if my family truly loves me, then let me go. don’t punish me because you think you love me more than i love myself or life. my words are my words. remember me in life happy, not suffering. not until i can no longer make my own decisions. it is simple. it may be hard for you, but, not for the one who wants to just be at peace. JMO. FYI. i’ve been there.

              • bpollen September 13th, 2015 at 03:16

                My mom died of lung cancer. After radiation failed, she refused to try chemo. I argued with siblings about pressuring her to accept it. I said that it was her choice, but it was godDAMN hard to do… Even though I think I had to back her decision, I still ache from her loss every day.

                • whatthe46 September 13th, 2015 at 03:24

                  i have no doubt it pains you. you love her. to this very day. but, it was her life. it was her choice. i’m not going to question you about anything else, as it would only make you hurt more. that’s not my intention. with this conversation i have had with you. i cried so hard. my baby, my youngest son, came to give me hugs of love. it was my eldest baby that i lost to cancer. i had to let him go. i know it isn’t easy. and it will never be for anyone. ever.

  2. amersham46 September 13th, 2015 at 20:43

    This is not a question to be entrusted to politicians, it involves morals ,and personal rights , an area which most politicians are seriously lacking

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