The only thing wrong with suicide is that people are forced to do it alone and in painful, terrifying, violent, grotesque ways because peaceful, humane ways of dying are restricted and denied to those who honestly are just ready to be done with life.
wise words here. I would prefer carbon monoxide poisoning when I turn 56. I am 43 now and had great life so far. I want to choose a decent healthy departure and spare precious resources that I consumed so far, for future generation.
@@kumara5492 OMG! I have the same mindset. I don't want to get old at all. I've been in medical field for awhile and saw what old age does. It is indignity and humiliating. By your 50's you will start having problems, whether you took care of yourself or not. Then comes 20-30 more years of suffering. There is no point. I did not have a great life like you, but I also do not want to see myself 10 years from now with my medical condition.
@@alfasiger4178 I also came up with my own theory these days after observing so many people. As we all know , for every action there's equal and opposite reaction. Likewise , for every happy moment , there's equal sad moment summing up the entire life to be zero. So, even if I chose to keep on living beyond 56 , say another 20 years , and then at 76 I'll have to pay off all the luxury of 20 extra years with miserable death. So, I just didn't find it worth gambling with life and death by dragging it to the extreme. (Me too didn't had great life , maybe for the past 5 years I found peace with my Creator and feeling much better)
I cared for my father for the last years of his life. It was a hard struggle that he endured with grace and dignity. In the end, he couldn’t go on and attempted to take his life at age 89. His attempt failed, and we brought him home under hospice care. He died a week later. At the end of your presentation, I broke down and cried. I remember how he suffered, and how desperately he just wanted the trauma to end. We have progressed medically to the point where we can keep someone alive long beyond their quality of life. There has to be a balance.
Couldn't have said it better. Some people are really living in a fairy tale if they think it is ethical to force suffering people to choose between enduring more horror or dying a lonely painful death, especially after having poured all their and their family's money into treatments that didn't work.
I have a dear friend with ALS who has chosen to pass tomorrow instead of suffering this illness to it’s horrific end. A distant family member who died last year of ALS waited to long and could not choose the option… it was terrible.
I agree on those terms, I send you healing love and light for your loss❤. I just think the Netherlands is on a very slippery slope. They can't starve and dehydrate a fall victim admitted forcing suffering to convince them euthanasia can end it. I would want the choice in situations you spoke on, my own illness progressing, other terminal but sound mind. These doctors are making choices close to extinction of anyone they find a burden or "non productive" elderly or disabled. What they decided is non productive and its dangerous.
My dad died from alzheimer's. It was a long painful road that I'm sure he would not wanted to travel. He couldn't remember who his family was, he drove on the wrong way on the George Washington Bridge, we found he sleeping on his parents grave, he would wander away from us in the store...when we could no longer take care of him we had to put him in a nursing home. He could no longer walk, talk, feed himself....he lived for YEARS like this. Locked in a body that no longer belonged to him. If he could have died with dignity I'm sure he would have. I definitely don't want to live like that 😕 Is that really a life?
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? 0 seconds ago I watched BOTH of my parents die horrible, miserable deaths...long, drawn out, painful months and months of horrific pain from Alzheimers, Strokes and dementia. I used to....USED TO....feel horrible because when Dad passed in 2012 and Mom passed in 2017, both I and my brother felt overwhelming relief when they were out of pain. Human beings should have the choice to end their life when the illness is intractable and will lead to death anyway...a death that will be long, protracted and horribly painful.
I'm so sorry about your dad. I'm a nurse and worked on an Alzheimer's unit at the beginning of my career. Most people don't like to work an Alzheimer's unit. It's incredibly hard work but I loved it. It reminded me WHY I got into nursing. Not for the money but to genuinely help people. It's torturous for the person WITH Alzheimer's, though. It's so heartbreaking at the end-stage of the disease when you have their food all set up in front of them and they have no idea what they're supposed to do. Or if they get combative. Many of my co-workers would get frustrated with them. I never could. It has to be TERRIFYING to be trapped in a body and not know anyone or anything. I had little tricks that I used to help calm them down and comfort them. I never understood how anyone could be angry with them. They have no idea what they are doing. They cannot help it. It's one of the cruelest diseases. I'd rather have my entire body go out on me than my mind. 😔
@deniece, Thank you for your compassion. We need more of you and less of others making our decisions for us. We live in our bodies and our minds: We know when it’s time. Our bodies know when relief is no longer possible and know how to die just as they “knew” when to be born. Hugs if you’re up for them. You’re one in a million. How fortunate are the patients who have you as their care giver!
People just don't understand that psychiatric pain can be just if not more debilitating than physical pain. It is the person's choice. As it should be.
It's particularly screwed up that I live in a country that can take my life against my will thru legal proceedings yet I have no right to do so myself.
When time is a prison in a conscious existence, euthanasia is the only humane compassion, we have compassion on our animals, yet not on people, are we not then animals in not giving compassion to the 45 percent of the world that wants to go now, and for the rest, they can go peacefully when they want, everyone who goes that way will have the best night of their life, and the best sleep, and that's it, no more pain and suffocation at the end "He saved 1M in social security and didn't have to die for 3 more months, so we donated $ 500,000 to the hospitals and gave his family a 300,000 life insurance policy he never had." At least he never experienced death, but had the best night, and best sleep, and that was it That could be your life, or not
When it was my beloved cat that was hit I chose for him too. I let him go peacefully & Quickly. But the humanoids in my family insisted an aunt with a brain turmor lose all dignity, sight, hearing, Pain beyond help and the nastiest death in panic Ive ever witnessed. That is not civilization and Not for me!
I watched BOTH of my parents die horrible, miserable death...long, drawn out, painful months and months of horrific pain from Alzheimers, Strokes and dementia. I used to....USED TO....feel horrible because when Dad passed in 2012 and Mom passed in 2017, both I and my brother felt overwhelming relief when they were out of pain. Human beings should have the choice to end their life when the illness is intractable and will lead to death anyway...a death that will be long, protracted and horribly painful.
And being considered incurable shud be a time limited definition. Just because something could potentially be cured in future, shudnt be reason enough to force someone back into a life full of suffering. Few odd cases but majority i am sure would be thankful for the opportunity to chose an end date
Not only when illness is untreatable. Every person who is not incapacitated should have the right to check out. And anyone who wants to deprive them of this right is a sick sadist. You guys better mind your own business and someone else’s life isn’t your business
we should advocate for this right ahead of time, you never know when you or someone you know will need it and they wont have that painless option so they go alone, in a terrible way, getting and giving no closure.. right to die with dignity and painlessly for everyone!!! no one asked to be born in this world where they can feel suffering of any amounts!
We love our pets. And when they get very sick and are in pain, we lovingly euthanize them. Why do we let our human loved ones be very sick or in excruciating pain? I 💯 agree with assisted death. The medical field are only concerned with the amount of money they can bleed from a dying patient, their patient and the insurance companies.
Pets cannot tell us what they are feeling. We have medications to treat severe pain in human beings. There is almost no ceiling for morphine and other strong pain meds. I’m not saying someone terminally Ill cannot chose to die with help but I think it’s a serious matter and we have to use this carefully.
I really agree with you I always thought this should be legielzed in all states ! The animals are lucky they don't need to suffer like us humans !! It's our choice not anyone else !!!!
@@halliehorn7523you have clearly never seen a dog or cat suffer from pain or illness… “pets can’t tell us what they’re feeling.” 🤦♀️ Do some research!!
@@TattedIrishxxx I actually have had pets all my life and have experienced the loss of many beloved pets. I also worked for a vet and saw many pets being euthanized. My point is that pets cannot verbalize what they feel because they can’t speak our language. I’ve had to make the difficult decision to let beloved dogs go when they were suffering. I would never dream of telling someone who is terminal and suffering that they can’t choose to go peacefully with a drs help. I just think there have to be safeguards in place. I also don’t believe that’s the only way to deal with pain. We can treat pain medically for people. I don’t need to research but maybe you should read comments more carefully. I’m not even sure what you were arguing.
It took my dad 14 years to die. He suffered and we watched him suffer. My daughter had a brain tumor and she was in pain for 12 years. She said that we treat animals better than she was treated.
This is the PERSONS choice.. the drs can express any options people have.. it’s our right to know.. I been sick my whole life.. rare disorder.. if and when it comes to be my time I wanna go out peacefully.. not gasping for air.. PERSONAL CHOICE!!!
As sad as I am to be without my mama, I am grateful every day that she had an easy death and a quick one. Her life was so hard, and she was always in pain and suffered with lupus, Sjogren’s, adult onset of children’s rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia, along with many other issues, she was in pain for years and years. She wanted to die for a long time, she was so ready. I hope her next life will be a wonderful one, and a blessed and easy one. 🦋🐣🌻
I am so so sorry, I am sorry you went through such pain. I think it would be tough if I knew my mom wanted to die though. Then go through losing her. I admire your strength. God bless🙏🏻❤️🦋
I just want to fall asleep and never wake up. It's reasonable to want to be done with the suffering inherent in life. To go peacefully is something we all want for our own death.
Mine was very violent in a 12 car pile up. I remember just a few seconds of pain & panic. The sweet release and awareness after i was pronounced dead was convincing enough for me that the quicker the better and our soul does indeed continue.
If people want to continue to fight when they are dying, then they should. If people want to stop fighting, then that should be their right as well. The fact is, that even if a state has a “death with dignity “ act is that they are almost unusable. Medical science has evolved to a point where people are kept alive far longer and being far sicker than the human body can sustain on its own. People can stop treatment , but they will die usually suffering extreme agony. If medical science can extend their life, medical science should also help people die as painlessly as possible.
Though some people may equate dying as painlessly as possible with dying with dignity. Some of us see it quite differently & view an honourable death as far more important than a painless one! As long as there is clearly documented consent & the choice is not being made impulsively or under duress, people should be able to have whatever assistance they require to have whatever they consider to be a death with dignity, whether that’s medical assistance in dying or whether that’s having a friend or family member serves as their kiashakunin for seppuku or whatever else they may personally consider to be a death with dignity.
In Calif you must get TWO doctors to say you have 6 months or less to live. You must be of sound mind. So it's not that easy to take your own life here. ANY adult over age 60 who is of sound mind should be able to end their life in a legal, safe and dignified way! You should not have to have a terminal illness.
Over 60? You mean anyone over 21. I shouldn't be kept in this prison. If they don't give me the option then I'll just have to have them clean my brains from the floor and walls
Same here in Vermont, you must be terminal with 6months or less. You must be sound minded and get 2 doctors to agree. I think that is crazy. My uncle was bedridden for several years with ms- he would beg for someone to give him a gun😢😢 he suffered for too long.
That sounds great, but it will change as it’s changed in Canada and the Netherlands. What happens when a Dr can decide your life is not worth living, as per the examples in the film and it’s time for you to die? What happens when your medical care is deemed too expensive and treatment is withdrawn because you always have to ‘option’ to not live in pain? What happens if your beneficiaries looking to inherit start questioning you spending so much money living?
@@shelleycharlesworth5177 did you not watch the film? Did you not hear about the instances where Drs were coercing patients to choosing to be killed? Do you not understand that laws change and people can be coerced into wanting something they see is expected? It may be the case right now that only you can choose when you die and it must be agreed by two Drs, but that will change over time. In locations where assisted suicide has been legalised the parameters have been changed over time. It’s not unreasonable for assisted dying to become so normalised that the frail, disabled and chronically ill will be seen as selfish for requiring expensive medical care and not wanting to die. Selfish for not wanting to save money by forgoing medical care. In Iceland and Denmark a woman carrying a foetus with diagnosable disabilities (like Downs Syndrome) is EXPECTED to abort. To knowingly give birth to a baby with Downs is seen as using up resources for someone whose life is deemed to be not worth living. What was passed as a law to enable choice has come full circle as one option has become so normalised. If a woman is expected to undergo a medical procedure she would not otherwise want then she has little to no choice but to comply.
I've watched two members of my family died. And my father kept on talking about euthanasia and I wished I took notice of him. When you got serious illnesses like Cancer or emphysema. There's no dignity in dying and it's a cruel way how you died in hospital and you're in pain. I don't know who suffers more the people dying or the family watching it. Personally speak and I think it should be made legal
I have frail residents tell me that want to die but their families want them in physical therapy at 98 yrs old thinking they will improve when all they want to do is lay in bed. Their body's are past the point of any quality of life. But pills and spooning feeding keep them alive sitting in diapers. Full code no DNR if their heart goes. It is ridiculous. People live longer not better. No matter how pretty a facility's is it is still a miserable life.
I'm literally going through that right now. My family is insisting on physical therapy with my 91 year old grandmother with dementia. I just want my grandma comfortable. 😞
@@adrienneandcarlie that is sad thankfully had POA of my mom put her on hospice she was a DNR. My only concern was her comfort. Stopped all therapy bs. Hard to let go .
The thing no one is talking about, is that once laws are passed "allowing" doctors to assist people to die if they choose to, gradually devolves into some of these doctors making that choice for their patients. It already happens WITHOUT these laws in place. I worked over 25 years as a registered nurse and have seen first hand how this was talked about in ethics class in the 1980s. The discussion was a very active one and a BIG part of the discussion was what would happen once this was made legal. Just like informed consent was required and legally prosecuted if not completely provided before patients decided on treatments, this has now devolved into a medical system where, even though still legally required, is most often not even part of the conversation, while patients don't understand its their legal right, and is necessary for knowing all the potential risks or side effects of their medical options. The further this goes, the worse it gets. The medical system is becoming more terrifying as the years go by. Many medical schools aren't even teaching about the Hippocratic Oath, and its becoming normal for new doctors not to be required to take the Oath before becoming a doctor and practicing medicine. For anyone not familiar with the Hippocratic Oath, it is an oath that establishes specific principles for new doctors which is used to guide them in their treatment of the people who trust them with their health and well-being. These principles include medical confidentiality and non-maleficence, which is well known as "First, do no harm". The Hippocratic Oath is included within the legal system of many jurisdictions so violations of the oath may carry criminal or other liability beyond the oath's symbolic nature (allows the patient and their families to pursue legal action when a doctor's actions, inaction or treatment have resulted in harm or death, and are unable to obtain adequate and requested information. If ethics are not included in patient care, and doctors are not held to some higher standard to provide quality care, what can people who desire to get medical treatment in order to live their lives out (even if they suffer with what others may not see as quality) expect? It would be terrifying to some people to think about entering hospitals for healthcare, when doctors may believe they have the power to choose for them?
I’ve been caring for my mother who’s terminally ill with lung cancer which has spread everywhere now. She is now on hospice which is considered “comfort care”. It’s been two months and my mom is suffering severely more mentally and emotionally. She keeps asking me if there is away to end her suffering. I told her if we had known this would of been so drawn out she could of asked her physician for help. Now she can no longer since her mind is a little of here and there. She begs me daily to end it for her. She just says you got the medicine just do it please. This has taken a mental toll on me . I have had my own battle with several suicide attempts in the past .The hospice is aware of this whole situation and are looking for placement for her. I just don’t know how long we both can go on!!!!
@@AmyraBatya Hello dear, thanks for reaching out. Yes, she did on Nov 3. The hospice social worker found placement for my mother 3 weeks before she passed. I was able to be with her till she took her last breath. Unfortunately she was never really comfortable. She was put on psychotic medication just to calm her down. Her hospice nurse said there a small amount of people who suffer like my mother did. Do you have a live one who’s I’ll??
@@AmyraBatya Thank you, my dear for your kind words. I will pray that your father finds comfort and you and your family have the strength to see this through. You take care of yourself my dear.🫂❤️
I agree 1000% with assisted dying. I wish they would legalize it everywhere. I wouldn't think twice about it. Who would really want to go on with life when you are suffering?? Going to sleep is the best feeling ever, staying asleep would be FANTASTIC.
Sounds like you're already suicidal. Are you still there? Please find someone to talk to. "Assisted" suicide is still suicide and wrong in every way. Reach out to someone who can help you.
I watched my cerebral palsy sister suffer with pain for 64 yrs, often thinking that not even Christ on the Cross could have suffered as much as Cherie.... Nobody ever offered her relief, even me. Her suffering, I see now, was a failure of misguided "religion" and existential nonsense.
Did you really know how Christ suffered? I don’t think so. The romans worked hard to torture people make sure they didn’t die before crucifiction. The flesh on the back was ripped out hanging loose down the back nerves where exposed it was a bloody mess and the agony the worst you can’t imagine even look at. No no one have suffered that much like Christ did, and most of all he was taken the loaded with the sins of all mankind. Your comparison doesn’t really fit.
The judgmental attitude and snide tone towards people whose quality of life has deteriorated to the point that they are finished with living is just dripping with derision. It is not anyone else’s place to tell another what pain tolerance they’re allowed before they have full bodily autonomy, including the decision to end their lives. Of course coercion renders one’s decision moot and turns into borderline murder, but if someone is past their own personal threshold for pain, physical *or* psychological, it’s no one else’s business. My own family knows my wishes and under which circumstances I’d like them to pull the plug. I know full well which family members can handle the fact that they’ll be acting as an extension of my will and completely trust them to do so at the right time.
Dearashad: Very well said! Thank you! The ridiculous mind set of God wants them to suffer or its suicide, is for those who are uneducated, indoctrinated by Western religions & afraid !
Ethically, I would never ask anyone to do it for me! I would never ask my doctor to "pull the trigger ". I would never wish for anyone to perform the act! My decision, my doing! At that point, it's only about me!
He doesn’t understand because he IS NOT THEM. “You seem happy” he says to the lady. “What if they found a cure”. As someone who’s disabled (but not planning on euthanasia at least not at this point in time in my life) I’m sick of people telling me things like this. Just because you ask what if there’s a cure will not mean a cure will magically pop out of nothing! Mental pain is as debilitating as physical pain! Not letting dementia patients who said they want it while they can still think is the same mentality to people who say they want a DNR and as soon as they can’t advocate for themselves their family reverses that decision. You’re prolonging that persons suffering because YOU don’t want them to die. And they saying “oh even newborns!” Yeah that’s for babies who will not have a quality of life! Babies born with issues that will make them live short, painful lives. It is not fair to let them suffer.
I too suffer from chronic illness but I wouldn’t want a dr telling me I should end my life. It’s one thing for someone to ask on their own and another to bring this up to anyone a dr feels may be suffering. I worked for a dr who wanted all of her patients to sign a DNR and most were horrified. Both of my parents passed from terminal illnesses. They both fought hard and their attitude in illness was positive. If drs were suggesting they end their lives, I don’t know if they would have fought as hard. Both were on hospice. Both at home. Also, both had pain meds and other meds to keep them comfortable as possible. I certainly wouldn’t have wanted them to suffer needlessly but the time they had allowed them to feel peace that they were dying and allowed us to be together until God took them home. I don’t judge others for making this personal decision but I believe it should be reserved for the terminally ill who are suffering with no way to treat them and keep them comfortable.
@@halliehorn7523Actually, most patients have no clue there *are alternatives* to relentless suffering in my remote area. Don’t you understand what it means to suffer relentlessly? No one is telling *you* to avail yourself of this option. Allow others to make their own deeply personal decisions. If your MD is *telling you* to end your life, that’s horrifying. Find a different Primary. Thank you for your perspective.
@@tundrawomansays694 ps. I didn’t consider what info a person in a rural area would have access to. I would never want anyone to suffer. I do feel like suffering is part of life, but maybe because I have suffered both chronic pain and severe mental illness (depression). I still suffer both and I think it has made me a more caring person. If we had no adversity, we also couldn’t fully appreciate joy. Again, my opinion colored by my life experiences and I respect divergent opinions.
I propose some solutions to the "Slippery Floor" problem: First of all, a written declaration of the wish to be euthanized must be necessitated for the patient. Plus, the process of administering the injection must be recorded in the supervision of a law enforcing agency i.e. police to ensure that the patient is not under duress. Then, until the moment of injecting, if the patient has the option of verbal refusal, ergo, the declaration would be overturned/rescinded.
Yea I can’t believe they done thst to her mother. Just that easy and by their opinion?? That’s not right! They should have been sued. I don’t know how they could had gotten away with thst. I believe it’s your life and if you wanna go because of a very good reason then you should be allowed. This case was totally different. They didn’t even ask her.. apparently she could speak! She asked them what they gave her in that injection and they lied to her said it was something to help her sleep!! Omg I can’t believe my ears!! That’s horrible. They basically killed that woman way I see it!!
My father had a horrible disease called Pemphigus vulgaris. It was extremely painful and in his last days. He was basically living for me and my sibling. It was a torture for him. He was brave enough to have lasted 5 years. I couldn't have last one year with that disease. In the end, he made sure we were full grown, we were taken care of. And then he took his own life. I wasn't given a chance to say goodbye. I wish he was given the chance to leave via euthanization instead of leaving all alone by himself. Im a strong advocate of assisted end of life choice. It's NOT assisted Suicide. It's absurd we force ppl living with excruciating pain simply with our own interpretation and lack of sympathy. It's wrong and cruel.
We euthanize our pets when they don’t have any more good life left. And many people see their pets like family. Why can’t we do that for ourselves! I watched my dad pass away from cancer. It was awful! One of his last conversations with his dr was asking if there was any way to move this along. Broke my heart. My parents live in California. So he suffered to the end. Unlike their dog. 😢
I work in the vet field and have ended the life of suffering patients. It is a privilege to be able to give them a peaceful, comfortable end of life that absolutely should be extended to humans as well.
Well everyone should have the choice. If one sees no point in living anymore, or if they is no cure, what is better, let them suffer a cruel end or meet a chosen end in the midst of their loved ones?
But choices can also be rash and unthought out decisions. Right now they are arguing that's it's people's body, therefore their right to die if they are terminally ill. But what next? That argument will naturally be brought to.. it's simply just your right to die for any reason because it's your body. Then we will have people killing themselves on impulse and mental health services will deteriorate because treating depression won't be as prioritised if wanting to end your own life is treated as rational and a right in any situation. This is by far no simple solution and is a very complicated act with lots of risks. Even the fact that some protesters try shut down the arguments and debates is a warning sign in of itself as all these arguments need to be talked about, listened to, considered and argued to prevent it being abused.
I don’t think it’s so simple. A lot of people have genuinely and deeply wanted to die for more or less “rational” reasons, debilitating mental and physical health problems included, only to rediscover a reason to live and go on to live meaningful and sometimes even happy lives. I believe at the end of the day everybody has the right to take their own life That being said having it presented to people as a potential solution to their problems by medical professionals, when they are at there most vulnerable seems to me cross dangerous line.
I have terminal brain cancer. Pls don't make me suffer longer than I have to. Thank God my doctor is supportive of my wish to die a peaceful, serene death at a time of my choosing.
Why not go out with a bang? (without hurting anyone) Dying in extreme sport seems a much better way than suffer slowly. (of your choice) Or do something that benefits humanity? (art for example) Also maybe become a test subjects for your cancer as it may save people in future. (when we get nanobots that can repair tissue inside body)
@@Bullminator You're sick minded. Life must be saved at all cost. No matter how much we don't like or understand it. Our maker will take us the way they see fit.
@@mr.keptitreal Life doesnt matter. You will turn to dust. You should accept that. A person should have a choice to end their life or not (but they must have a good reason for that). So if you are healty person, then no. Also makers lol. I guess you are the person who belives into magic things that dont exist. Just let me ask you. How many breads have you eaten in your life? Do you have any idea how many cell organizems you killed by consuming that bread? Cells have souls to you know :P
The comments are heart wrenching. Its not up to ANYONE else but the individual who is dying....who be the one deciding theyve had enough. None of us will escape death.
No one should ever force someone to go on living, whether healthy or unhealthy. For children there should be requirements but for a consenting adult, they should be able to make that choice. The world around us is a disaster. And there is suffering everywhere. No one should be forced to live through it. I feel like those against it are really so for capitalistic reasons. Someone who is given their right to suicide isn't working, not paying rents or mortgage. It's sick. If I'm content with where my life is and want to end it, I should be able to do so honorably and with dignity, regardless of what the government feels on it. The narrator is driving me nuts a bit too.. "Someone would rather die than live with diabetes?" YES!! Have you had to purchase insulin in order to survive? Pharmacies up charge the cost. I know of several millennials who have DIED because they can't afford it. Pharmacies aren't going to lower the cost of these needed medications. Assisted suicide needs to be reality. My family is prone to cancer. If I end up with cancer I have told my family I will refuse medication/chemo. It's not worth it to me. Too expensive, too much suffering. I would rather die with dignity, get to enjoy the last bit of life I would have before I die, and not bury my family with debt..
So you think ppl with mental health issues or depression should be able to use this? That's crazy . It could be situational depression or seasonal depression. Or a young adult that got left from their 1st love or what they think is love who thinks they want to die in that moment and are legitimately depressed at the moment like we all have gone through. Thinking it's end of the world could lie to doctors and say anything bc they truly believe they can't live without that person ,not knowing they could be happily married years from then. Nah that's crazyness.
@@Sheila612Miller that’s not how it works. At least not in Belgium. In Belgium, you need to see a psychiatrist for several months to determine whether or not any treatment could possibly help you. Only then do physicians move forward with euthanasia.
@@Sheila612Miller If I own my life and I'm not a slave, then I should be able to die without having to have any justification for it at all. Once I'm dead, it's not as if I can regret my decision.
It's my mom don't take her away, just let me put her away. Smh. It's so sad how we put our parents away in nursing homes. And then we have the nerve to sue when they're mistreated or murdered. So selfish.
Not all families are able to deal with a dying family member. No one is suggesting you have to make this difficult choice at all. However, honoring the decisions our loved ones make and putting our own desires aside is true selflessness because loosing them hurts so much. Our pain never trumps their decisions. Honor them whether or not you agree with them.
My dad had stage four dementia, my cousin was eaten up with cancer. In both circumstances I watched how hospice came in both times and give them both a lethal dose of morphine to ease them into death. I’m not angry about that but I find it interesting that it does happen but it’s not called assisted suicide. Both men were at the end of their lives and in great pain. There was no saving them so make them suffer? So in the hidden places hospice does help medicate ppl to their own death. So it does happen tho not called assisted suicide. I’m grateful for hospice did in both cases as they both were in great pain.
You are so right, hospice did my grandmother and my grandma wouldn't take a Tylenol so when they started giving it more often.I knew it would not take much.My aunt they did her same way.There just Over dosing there patients.im not complaining.i understand
@@JessicaMartinez-xm6zn indeed. This is the closest thing we have of a Death with Dignity and to me it’s an act of mercy. If I ever get into that situation where I know I’m dying and I’m in a lot of pain please for the love of all that’s good dope me up and let me slip into unconsciousness and death. I wouldn’t be angry at all. I’ve seen ppl dying a horrible death as they weren’t given anything to ease their suffering and that’s cruel and unusual punishment to do that to someone. So sorry for your loss. It’s never easy to loss someone you love but if they were able to go out with no pain and dignity I see it as a merciful. If we wouldn’t make animals suffer then why should ppl have to suffer? I wish they would make the Death with Dignity Act a law in every state. Let ppl decide on when, where and how they chose to die. This would cut down on suicides for terminally ill ppl
My mother was a CNA and she told me how hospice would do this over the period of a couple days. It’s interesting, there’s better ways of doing it but at least they’re not in pain anymore.
My husband took MAID here in Canada, rather than suffer any more with his cancer. The doctors were explicit and careful to make sure he understood what it meant and how it would proceed. The doctor injected the fluid and he died immediately and painlessly. No one should have to suffer when they are dying. I'm glad I don't live in the states, where people have to suffer needlessly to the end.
I'm sorry for your loss; but, am glad that your husband was able to make the choice that was right for him. I soo wish that my better half had been able to have that choice here in Oklahoma before he passed away. As a chronic pain patient, I hope that the state will one day pass this law also; otherwise when the time comes, I would have to leave friends & family to move to a different state.
I'm sorry for your loss;but, I'm glad that your husband was able to make the decision that was right for him. Unfortunately, my better half didn't have that option here in Oklahoma & unless it changes, as a chronic pain patient, unless in the future it changes, I won't be allowed this option either, unless I move out of my state & away from family & friends. I don't think it will be any time in my near future; but, it would be nice to be able to have the choice without having to move out of state. Blessings & hugs to you from Oklahoma.
For anyone curious, medical aid in dying is legal in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Montana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. Each state has specific stipulations. (Example, you must be a resident of Colorado for 6 months for it to be legal.) It should be legal in ALL states.
I totally agree with you. After being with my better half who was on hospice. They were going to take him off hospice "because he was doing so much better" & 3 days later he was gone. I'm helping my brother with our mom who has dementia. I have my own medical problems now of my own & am living with chronic pain. I am hopeful that when that time comes, I will be allowed to death with dignity, although my state of Oklahoma doesn't currently allow it.😢
I totally agree with you. After being with my better half who was on hospice. They were going to take him off hospice "because he was doing so much better" & 3 days later he was gone. I'm helping my brother with our mom who has dementia. I have my own medical problems now of my own & am living with chronic pain. I am hopeful that when that time comes, I will be allowed to death with dignity, although my state of Oklahoma doesn't currently allow it.😢
Thank U for the information. Although I'm not in need of it currently, as a person who lives with chronic pain, it would be nice to have it as a future alternative if needed.
I’m in Canada and I have eight painful conditions I expressed my wish to be euthanized and they agreed, I’m in my early twenties. Just waiting for my last interview. Problem is? It isn’t a choice for me because I’ve made it crystal clear if you treat my pain ADEQUATELY as I see fit MY BODY MY CHOICE (so in other words I don’t have the option to pick pain meds that would give me an actual life due to the war on opiates.) I don’t think death with dignity is a real choice here until you legalize EVERY OPTION to alleviate suffering. It’s sickening but I don’t have an option here... it’s suffer needlessly or die..
I can’t possibly understand your suffering but i hope you will wait, give things more time before doing that. I don’t know if you are religious but prayer can bring peace and maybe healing. God still gives us miracles. They say many miraculous healings have happened at Lourdes. You life is valuable in spite of your suffering.
The young girl in the beginning and her mother were so upset. I think the patient should be the one to bring up assisted dying and no one else. They're both clearly traumatized by what happened. I saw another documentary in which a an elderly man with Alzheimer's had decided while still clear-minded that he wanted assisted suicide, but before he could get it done, his illness had advanced, and he no longer consented. The pressure that was put on that man by the doctor and others was horrific. No pressure or suggestions should be applied by the doctors at all. If someone really wants it, then fine.
@@TryingtoTellYouwe already allow adults to make the choice of using one everywhere without a crazy religious objection and the other in more and more places. People are able to make the choice, yea or nay.
It's my body no one else is sitting with me holding my hand when I'm in unbearable pain in a dark room alone. Doctors have given up on me they say I'm complex. For over two decades I've been suffering and passed from one doctor to the next with no help in sight. Suffer enough why should I have to end it myself being painful and unpleasant. Why don't I deserve to die with dignity and love.
I wished Arkansas had this law because it would help so many suffering souls. If ur of age and of sound mind it should be ur choice and ur right. We didn’t ask to be born and we should be able to choose to die whenever we get ready. It doesn’t seem fair to have to be born into a life of abuse and neglect and never be able to get out of its grip and have a decent life. Some souls are just not meant to be here anymore. Completed life and I only say all of this with nothing but love for all and humanity.
I agree we should “assist” all of the poor and abused people in Arkansas. I mean there is just really no hope for those backwards people. They will live with the trauma of being poor and abused all their lives. We could start by having every poor pregnant woman in Arkansas have an abortion. Then assist the older folks. They are no use to society anymore anyway. Just burdens on the system. Then we can move on to the handicapped people. The ones who don’t work and just suck on the government teat and the next could be the mentally ill. God, knows that they are a huge drain on the government and society too. Who needs all their drama. That would probably cover most people in the prisons in Arkansas too. So, next is the working poor. Come on what are they really needed for? They’ll just be poor all of their lives. They’ll never be out of debt and most of them are getting something from the government too. They’ll always struggle. They aren’t going to become neuroscientists or something important like that. Might as well “assist” them. Plus the working poor will probably have a lot of kids who will just grow up to be poor too. Yuck!! We should “assist” them too. Okay, who’s next? The lower middle class? Yep, they should be “assisted” too. They are just one rung up from poor. I mean one emergency doctor bill and one missed check from work and they slide right into being the poor. Might as well go ahead and “assist” them too. Alrighty then, who’s next? The middle class. Ah yes, the middle class. We’ll let them hang around for a little while. As long as they are working and paying taxes but if they slide down into poverty or get old we’ll “assist” them. Okay, who’s left? The rich folks. Well, of course we’ll let them live. They can pay their bills without problems so aren’t at risk of the “trauma” of poverty so they in turn will be substantially happier than those poor people. They can afford to get any mental health illness treated and are not at risk of being in poverty over an accident that requires emergency treatment. These are the people who deserve to live!!
The only thing worse for a person than dying is being forced to live when they are dying. Nature doesn’t bury her dead, doesn’t give them end of life care, doesn’t sugar coat anything. By medically assisting someone to live in pain it is inhumane, unnatural. For the few who understand that how you die is more important than when you die, this option should be available. We’re all so afraid of death that we’ve created an institution to stave it off until the body “gives up the ghost”. I wish that everyone has the right to say “enough”. Some people keep people alive for their sake of themselves-- “don’t take my mom.” (statements like this with pronouns show that they are viewing the assisted death as something that primarily affects them and not the one making the choice. They don’t realize that but-- it still manifests in a terrible kind of “but I love you please don’t leave me.”.) However it must be deemed medically ethical. Some seek this treatment out without being terminal and that should be absolutely prohibited. As Sinatra said, “ ‘I’m gonna live, live, live-- until I die.”
You can refuse treatment with a DNR. You are lying to this comment section. No one is being compelled to live. Opposition to euthanasia however, wants their lives to protected from harm by others.
As a suicidal person living in a country that doesn't allow euthanasia I feel trapped and everyday I think of ways to do it but I'm afraid of the pain. I have a right to die and so does everyone. Having it as a possible option would make me feel much more at ease. But now, I'm constantly researching suicide because I'm scared of dying in pain.
Many in my family have had prolonged drawn out suffering from different forms of cancer. I with many strokes. My mother in her late 90's now has been in a nursing home for over a decade with dementia. She has said many times she wants to die. There is a point where she we no longer be able to eat or drink or breathe. When my dad was dying from 2 different forms a virulent cancer. He one day asked me to bring him is gun. I was unable to comply with his request. I did not want him to blow his brains out. I do believe in Dr. assisted suicide. When people are in horrible pain, when there is no cure. Just suffering. It should be up to the patient to decide. I would never want to suffer what either of my parents or some of my relatives endured. Long drawn out deaths with nothing but immense pain.
I'm 34, and since I got an autoimmune disease my life is completely ruined. All my friends abandoned me because I can't keep up with their life style anymore. I have no job, the disease made me uglier, so girls don't even look at me anymore. All my dreams are gone. I'm totally lonely and everyday is a nightmare, and I'm forced to live this nightmare alone until my last breath. It's funny how people say your life matters and you should get help, but they are the first ones to turn their back at you when things get really bad. And those same people are against euthanasia. The only dream I have left now is to get approved for euthanisa in Switzerland when I'm 50. So I have to live this nightmare for 16 years more at least. And if I don't get approved, I will have even more years of suffering and loneliness. People who are against euthanasia are selfish and cruel with no empathy for the suffering of others. They will do anything they can to stop you from getting an assisted suicide, but will do nothing to help you and be by your side when you are suffering.
I find this documentary absolutely unbelievable.Since when does a Dr giving their patients ALL options INCLUDING end of life options in ANY way suggesting that your life is worth nothing or your life is useless and not worth saving? They took this waaaaayyy out to left field. I would welcome and want the opportunity and CHOICE of ALL options in MY care including the end of life option and so should you. Since when does our choice to die become less important than our right to live?
If anyone, at any age (children included) and in any health condition (healthy & non healthy) want's to die then it's their life. Noone has a right to tell them NO! We all at some point will die. I don't see anything wrong with assisted suicide. I would prefer someone die peacefully at home and without a bloody mess, than that same person slitting their wrist in the tub or shooting themselves in the head. Live your life and let other's live and end their's when they choose!
Wrist slitting has only a 6% chance of death, shooting in the head 90%. My luck I'd be in the 10% that survived, horribly disfigured, even if I had access to a gun. I am so tired of this agonizing life. I look forward to the day when assisted suicide is easily accessible and I can die peacefully and with dignity.
For those who say 'except children'. I wonder if you really feel forcing a child who has an incurable disease or has severe chronic pain to have a long life like this is really in the best interest of the child. This decision should be left to the parents, the doctor & if the child is old enough, the child; but, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE ELSE.
@@fifiadan No I'm not, I am just referring to a case that I saw, where a daughters death Got her Mom changed even though, the charges were dropped after. There was also an older woman, with her friend, who ended their lives and commented that no one knows about it, and won't know until after, and she wrote a letter for when they found her, that no one else was involved in her decision. I understand where you are coming from, and I was only pointing out a fact. I apologize if I offended you. ❤️
I’m curious to know if there are restrictions on organs donated by those who select death with dignity/ euthanasia. It would give the suggestion in certain circumstances some doctors may be biased based on organ donation status, current patients with matching blood type ect.
Oh definitely I’d like to know as well.. Add that to the list of things that would go wrong and how corrupt this whole “assisted dying” thing could get
No doctor ought actively attempt to recruit people for this. Only help when a person wants it. This shows something entirely different to the topic of a person wanting to die. It's not another side - it's another topic.
Everyone has the right to live AND the right to die (especially when no one has possibly been asked if they wanted to be born in the first place). Being forced/manipulated in either direction that's what is wrong.
I've been really reading and looking into what they call "death with dignity" here in Washington and it's what brought me here watching this. I was really touched by Aurelia Brauwers story in this and looked for her online hoping to connect and chat with someone who I feel I can so closely relate to. She was able to follow through with her plan a few years ago and take her trip and the finality of that struck me very strongly. I'm just not sure about anything any more but God help me please I need you.
In 2014 (age 61) I was diagnosed as 'terminal' while in a coma with a stage 4 pancreatic condition, and sent off to hospice with free access to morphine to expire passively or actively. Thankfully, my wife fought like a lioness for me, and began learning medicine in order to understand my condition. Long story short: The cause of the condition was a B12 deficiency, resolved with simple daily injections (25 cents daily), and I am now fully recovered and feisty (still taking B12). As Pernicious Anemia is often genetic, several of my grown children were likewise diagnosed as terminal, and denied further care. We are all well and productive today, with many subsequent grandchildren. Food for thought.
Wow, what a story. I don't believe doctors either. Got diagnosed with infertility at 19 because I didn't get pregnant with my husband for 1 year. Became very depressed, divorced. With second husband had multiple children. My first husband also had kids. I wish I was not so naive and believed whatever nonsense a man in a white coat said.
@tandiparent1906 I'm not at all disputing consent. However, in the ER, I found no basis for 'informed consent' as the doctors neither spoke to or listened to me. IMPORTANT: 1. Always try to have an Advocate at your side to speak for you (preferably with a signed Medical Proxy or POA). 2. Carry a Medical Proxy card in your wallet/purse. Available at a lawyer's or Public Notary. These state your terms and limits of what may be done at a hospital, such as "No Heroic Efforts," etc. These are legally binding on the hospital and insurers. I KEEP MY PROXY CARD TOGETHER WITH MY HMO INSURANCE CARD, CUZ THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY LOOK FOR IN ER RECEPTION. (Then they check for a pulse! Best of health and well-being to you!
@@MrFagedaboudit Hugs from Oklahoma n good health to you also. Unfortunately I don't have anyone to do that for me, as many people don't unfortunately. My mom has dementia & although my brother is on all of my paperwork as my next of kin & we've discussed it somewhat, I don't have a proxy or anyone like that.
@tandiparent1906 If you meet the requirements, you're eligible to have a Public Defender appointed for this. Every hospital and many HMO care centers have a Public Defender representative in residence or immediately accessible. Get the card and clip it to your insurance. I myself did my homework, picked up the forms at the County Courthouse ($5), also did the Public Notary after filling in and witnessing ($15), then registered with the Pulic Defender (free), then my HMO. Stay strong!
I would choose to opt out if the laws in my state would relax. But we get jailed and fined. Forced to live no matter what so the money flows for the elite.
@@phoenixtoash2396 Manipulations. I am going through something similar right now. My child was taken away and I am being forced to pretend that I am happy. I am suppose to take 5 different pills after years of bullying and abuse by high IQ individuals that know how to accumulate as much as possible. They are telling me It is not about money and I am asking them are you volunteering the answer is NO. control. I can't believe that it is the 21st century.
@@phoenixtoash2396 Elevating this is all about lining the medical fields pockets! Keeping people alive against our will keeps them smiling all the way to the bank!
I would want this.. I have been depressed over 30 years of my life. I’m at the age where things are getting harder to do. Not because of the depression but of my age. I am in constant back pain now for over 10 years. I do not know what it is like to walk to the mailbox or around a shop with out pain anymore.I’m cold all the time,especially at night, but hot flashes still happen from a life or death surgery years ago. But for me to sit here and know whatever day comes where I am so ill, I can only sense my loved ones around me..maybe even some I don’t recognize anymore and I break my daughters heart unbeknownst to me.I would want wine and cake with everyone I love, then time to sleep. It’s painful enough right now at 52. I tell myself I am too young for this and here comes the depression. This should be a personal choice. Everyone is different.
I wish death with dignity was available everywhere... its not... and thats the sad reality..soooo many more people suffer in death and shouldnt have to
Euthanasia is too far. What you would call "assisted suicide" is what I believe in. The doctor prescribes the medication and the terminally-ill patient takes it themselves. I don't consider that suicide. It's ending the dying process that's already begun quickly, painlessly and honorably.
If a person wants to get it over with it's there right to do so I think it's humane or would you rather see your loved one go through changes some illnesses are so painful I was raised a Catholic and suicide it's a big no no Lord only knows how many times I've tried to bite the bullet so when it comes to euthanize a person I think there's nothing wrong with that but in the eyes of society it is wrong you damned if you do and you damned if you don't
Should've been implemented around the world. Humans have the right to procreate but the doesn't have the right to die, the double standards is surreal. It's easy for others to advocate life but unless you've lived and experienced what someone is going through please refrain.
We have the right to choose euthanasia for our pets- and we have to sometimes guess when the time is right. Why not humans who are terminally ill anyway? I disagree with it for mental purposes, but, if you are sure to die, why can’t it be an option?
I really detest the way they keep talking about "Even people with dementia!" as though losing all your memories and living your last years in terrified confusion is a state of life that people should be forced to live through...
Hi everyone it's Maryanne here from the UK terminally ill people have the right to with dignity and with no pain and with no suffering as well to xxxxxxx
I'm from Saudi Arabia. I feel like I'm the only pro-assisted suicide citizen in this country. 😕 I hope one day I'll die with dignity. If not, then I want to die in anyway.
There might be others, even if just a few but I know suicide is prohibited strictly in Islam. So, that also stops people before pressing the green button....
I would like to think that it would be my choice. If nothing can be done anymore I would like to fall asleep at a time of my choice. Here in Finland this is against the law.
This isn't murder, it is an act of mercy, and it should be legal everywhere. Life can be unbearable for many and thus many end up facing a sinister suicide because they can't find a more dignifying choice. Many suicide in ways that can be disruptive and traumatic for others who witness. I'd like to know what those who are against it would do if a love one or themselves would ever be in that situation?
How can anyone assure you that you will not be in further pain or in worse pain. There are people I know that suffer from pain now, but are denied medication that would alleviate their pain. Because of the opioid problem, doctors always think a person is just wanting opiates. With chronic pain, it doesn’t get better and in fact gets worse! So some other person, not even known to a patient, who is an addict has caused it to be very difficult to find a physician to help alleviate their pain!
I’m elderly, there was a recent time when I felt absolutely exhausted, difficulty in breathing, no quality of life. I thought about euthanasia. A few months later I feel so much better, it just happened in answer to my prayers, but now I’m able to look after myself with ease. Even in old age it seems the body can recover. I had no change in medication, no help from my doctor, but help from God. What if I had gone down the road of euthanasia, when a few months later I am now enjoying life?
I'm glad you feel better, but God has nothing to do with it. As the previous lady stated, your exhaustion, breathing difficulty, and loss of quality of life completely fail to meet any measure of long hard suffering. You were clearly able to meet your daily needs, you had no long-term or terminal illness, and perhaps, most importantly, your story is devoid of pain.
The entire document is a complete bias in which the reporter repeatedly use false incidents to support his agenda. It is not suicide when SOMEONE make the decision to end SOMEONE ELSE'S life. The cases of the little girl and the old ladies are text book medical malpractices, or even murder, not assisted suicide! For the laws and legislature, any law has their flaws and loop holes that need to be worked on. To name a few, medical Assisted suicide should be an option but should not be advertised, encouraged, or enforced in any form. It should be non profit too so nobody should make money out of someone's death. And yes, extensive investigation, examination before approval. The entire document completely ignore the people who are suffering to the point that they have to wish for a death with dignity. Which is more evil, Assisted suicide or forcing the suffering to shoot themselves between the eyes, hang themselves, jump from rooftop, bleed themselves to death, and so on, i can go all day. Or even worst, mass shooting and suicide by cops is a thing here in the US. Would you rather see that or let people leave with dignity on their own term?
You spoke my words. I am with you . I don't think law is formed to do justice. It's formed to generate money for the government. I am not a law person. So, I will poison myself with carbon monoxide at 56 and choose decent healthy departure.
@@sierragoin863 So you are saying if its State sanctioned suicide then it's dignified? You people supporting this are psychopaths'. Stop being pansies and do it the old fashion way
@@feederdiaries4862 help for depression and mental health should always be sought after first. In cases of terminal illness I believe people should be able to make that decision if they wish. Id rather that then seeing people survive with half a face or be a permanent vegetable. I'm not a psychopath. I feel for those who want to die. People like you think they should live until they die painfully of natural causes or not. To live every last suffering second. Don't call me the psychopath, I'm far from it.
So much of this is about what one person wants for someone else. Let people decide for themselves. Just because it’s available doesn’t mean you have to get it. “I’m uncomfortable with it so it shouldn’t be a thing” isn’t good enough. This guy clearly has that mindset.
Been suffering with severe depression for over 40 years. Now my health is failing and have no family or friends and in constant debt. I wouldn't mind getting it over with.
@@ranjittyagi9354 It doesn't help much , the medication. It leaves me dead tired , and I got to go to work, and can't preform with medication. I tired all the time.
Ending life is not as simple as it sounds. It requires very high level of self esteem, self respect, wisdom and consciousness. Not all ordinary people can choose to end life.
How can assisted suicide be applauded as “a humane decision from an advanced society” but the lethal injection of a convicted criminal be “barbaric”? How do drug companies readily comply with one scenario yet reject the other because of “moral” reasons? Doesn’t this all come back to a position of it is great if it fits my desires and it is reprehensible if it goes against what I think?? Erasing the lines of right and wrong and redefining concepts of morality and dignity is dangerous.
In the USA there is a lot of criteria. Not just whimsical. I have watched many deaths and I cant imagine the pain, confusion, fear, panic, Did I mention PAIN & loss of all dignity from my clients. Quality vs Quantity is a civilized way of honoring a transition. Those indoctrinated by western religion & fear may choose their own
I find ridiculous that people who claim to understand that quality of life is more important than quantity of life can think that life imprisonment is somehow more humane than the death penalty😳 Give me liberty or give me death!
I cared for a relative years ago who was old and terminally ill. She repeatedly talked about how she wished assisted death was a possibility, and all I could do was to stay by her side and say how sorry I was that we couldn’t offer her that kind of help. She suffered until the day she died. I’ll never get over it, it pains me til this day. Just imagine having cancer in your entire body including the brain. You can’t walk, not even get out of bed. Your hands don’t work anymore and you’re blind, so you can’t even read or write anymore. You literally can’t do anything, only to lay there staring at the ceiling trying to ignore your pain. Imagine that. Then tell me again that you thing assisted death is morally wrong.
Both My parents have expressed a wish to die at a time of their choosing. I don't believe this is based on not wanting to be a burden and I've made clear I would never see them this way. I fully respect their wishes which have been expressed while in full health and with full mental capacity. I will do all I can to support them to have a peaceful, dignified death when they have decided it's time. Who am I to do otherwise??
While I agree that people should be able to die on their own terms. It's a slippery slope. Like the lady who had dementia and had at one time said that she wished for euthanasia. They held her down and gave her the injection. She didn't want to die at that moment. Was fighting and saying that she didn't want it. And people who want to get rid of family members who are a "burden" to them. It happens.
Thing is when you are demented you will probably panic from everything and not be aware why. There was no indication that she actually said verbally she didnt want to die. She struggled yes but that might be pure confusion on her side. I am very adamant myself if I get dementia that I want to die ASAP.
Thank God we have the right not to have to keep suffering for years!!! So many people committed suicide when they decided they didn't want to sell pain medicine any more!!!!
