Buzz: How do you feel about physician assisted suicide?
October 8, 2015
Anastasia Karakoi, 18 Business
“I think it’s a good idea because people will have help.”
Emerson Lim, 20 Communications
“If that’s their own choice I think it’s a good idea, so they don’t have to suffer.”
Rebecca Cannon, 21 History
“I’m Catholic so I’m against physician assisted suicide. They have no right to meddle in the business and affairs of God.”
Kira McClary, 18 Media Arts
“I’m Christian, so I don’t believe in that. I’m not for it.”
Maddi Cashman, 19 Nursing
“Yea, I guess it’s a good idea. But I don’t have much of an opinion on it.”
Miranda Clary, 18 Asian Studies
“We should have it because we have rights for everyone. Their families don’t want to see them suffer. I get where they’re coming from.”
Finn Oyen, 21 Criminal Justice
“No, it’s not a good idea because people can still come back even when they aren’t likely to.”
Yuki Evans, 19 Music
“There are definitely two sides. If they’ve been living in pain, people around them might want them to keep trying, but if the only thing they’re living for is a new treatment, then what kind of life is that? But certain people might take advantage of it. It’s a hard decision politically and morally.”
Bradley Williams • Oct 9, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Please consider these specifics:
The loopholes work with each other to expand the scope of exploitation by predators and predatory corporations.
By these OR and WA laws all family members are not required to be contacted, hold that thought. A single predatory heir is allowed to steer the sign up and then execute the lethal process without a witness.
A witness is not required to confirm that the dose was so called “self administered” (you remember this was one of their lead selling points).
Even as the law provides immunity for all involved and demands the falsification of the death certificate (impossible to track trends) it actually prohibits a public inquiry of any kind (remember the family members who were not contacted).
These loopholes are in the OR, WA, and CA’s laws and expand the scope of exploitation by predators. However, it serves the health insurance corporations very well.
There is the Washington’s Thomas Middleton case of abuse for money.
Oregon and Washington should amend their initiative-sound-bite driven dangerous laws. California’s should be vetoed.
Also note how the promoters of assisted suicide cling to their verbally engineered polls that claim a majority is in favor. I polled thousands of Montanans one-on-one as I served 60 days at fair booths across the state. Once folks knew about the loopholes in all of the Oregon model bills, 95% were not for them. So much for their verbally engineered polls.
Marcel Scott • Oct 11, 2015 at 2:50 pm
Please site your sources.