rightwinger
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- Aug 4, 2009
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So being so spaced out on pain meds that all you can do is drool in a cup is OK with you?
Sorry but that's not living with dignity.
At that point you wake up each morning angry that you did not die during the night. Your day consists of existing in a drug induced haze or praying for time to pass so that you can get your next dose of morphine to end the pain.
That is not living, that is being forced to live
Forced by who? Ultimately, any person can take their life if they have the bare minimal ability. I object to them turfing that out to to the medical community.
Forced by archaic laws that are more concerned with religious opposition to a dignified end of life than the needs and desires of those who are suffering