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some people are psysically incapable of doing so... others are
psychologically incapable of doing so... i mean people commit suicide
everyday... it's not something special or unordinary...

-jS

"Penguin" <Penguin@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:3D460270.3015F53@netscape.net...
> ...if a person wants to murder him/her self, why does he/she need an
> accomplice?
>
>
> John Smith wrote:
>
> > any atheists/agnostics/existentialists against  "EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED
> > SUICIDE" ??? and if so why? i am not... it's a person's right to end
his/her
> > life...
> >
> > -jS
> >
> > "Penquin" <Penquin@netscape.net> wrote in message
> > news:3D45D001.6000104@netscape.net...
> > > EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE WON'T BE FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL ONLY
> > >
> > > By Alex Schadenberg
> > >
> > > On May 22, Nancy Crick, 69, was assisted in suicide with 21 witnesses
> > > encouraging her. Nancy Crick is the latest victim of Australia's
"doctor
> > > death," Dr. Philip Nitschke. During the post-mortem it was discovered
that
> > > she was not suffering from terminal bowel cancer as Nitschke had
claimed,
> > > or any type of cancer, but rather a treatable twisted bowel. Both
Crick
> > > and Nitschke knew for several months that she wasn't terminally ill,
but
> > > rather was experiencing chronic pain which could have been mitigated.
> > >
> > > The Voluntary Euthanasia Society in Australia and Nitschke believe
that
> > > one needs to be "hopelessly ill," not terminally ill in order to
qualify
> > > for euthanasia or assisted suicide. This position is also held
> > > internationally by the World Federation of Right to Die Societies as
> > > stated in their 1998 Zurich declaration that people "suffering severe
> > > enduring distress" qualify for an assisted death.
> > >
> > > In the Netherlands, and now in Belgium, one does not need to be
terminally
> > > ill in order to request euthanasia or assisted suicide. Both countries
do
> > > not have any safeguards restricting mercy killing to the terminally
ill.
> > > One may ask to be killed if he/she is experiencing unbearable
suffering.
> > > What is unbearable suffering? For one person unbearable suffering may
> > > refer to end stage cancer, while for another it might mean depression.
> > >
> > > Suffering and distress are interesting terms which are not limited to
> > > physical suffering alone. The Supreme Court in the Netherlands has
defined
> > > suffering as both physical and psychological. In Belgium the
legislation
> > > states that "a patient seeking euthanasia must be in a hopeless
medical
> > > situation and be constantly suffering physically or psychologically."
> > > Therefore someone who is experiencing depression may be killed. This
has
> > > serious ramifications because depression is treatable and depressed
people
> > > are incapable of giving proper consent.
> > >
> > > In the Netherlands euthanasia has become an acceptable practise on
> > > disabled newborns. A New England Journal of Medicine study discovered
that
> > > eight per cent of all infant deaths in the Netherlands were from
> > > euthanasia. These were often children whose parents didn't want a
disabled
> > > child and thought that death was preferable to disability. Many of
those
> > > newborn infants were not terminally ill; in fact, they were killed
because
> > > they were probably going to live.
> > >
> > > In Oregon, the law allows people within six months of death to receive
> > > assistance in suicide. In 2001, 44 people received a prescription for
> > > death while 21 people used the prescription. An interesting fact is
that
> > > many of the 21 people who killed themselves with assistance did so
nine
> > > months or more after receiving their prescription. So much for
safeguards
> > > and so much for having to be terminally ill.
> > >
> > > In the state of Hawaii's recently failed "Death with Dignity Bill"
> > > proponents of the legislation such as the assistant to the
pro-euthanasia
> > > Governor Ben Cayetano, Juliet Begley, stated: "It is not about
committing
> > > suicide. It is about choosing how you die in an unbearable situation."
> > >
> > > Nancy Crick's son, Wayne told Australia's Courier-Mail newspaper that
he
> > > said to his mother that he thought she was being used. Her reply was
"Yes,
> > > I know, but I'm using them." Nancy Crick was happy to support their
cause
> > > and be a celebrity.
> > >
> > > The death activists do not seek euthanasia and assisted suicide just
to
> > > "grant relief" to the terminally ill. They want euthanasia and
assisted
> > > suicide so they may choose the time and place of their death. It is
about
> > > radical personal autonomy.
> > >
> > > As the death wishers seek the Right to Die, they do so at the peril of
> > > everyone in society who needs to be protected from people who question
> > > their right to live.
> > >
> > > People with disabilities, the elderly and other vulnerable persons
> > > experience abuse and pressure and have a need to be protected. That's
> > > where we stand, for the dignity and sanctity of all human life.
> > >
> > > Alex Schadenberg is the executive director of the Euthanasia
Prevention
> > > Coalition.
> > >
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