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In reply to the discussion: Physician-assisted suicide. Should it be a choice that individuals have a right to make? [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)If someone else out there wants to spend the last months or even years of their life in excruciating pain, of attached to lots of machines, that's their choice. Me? I hope I remain quite healthy up to the end, but if I don't, I want to have the choice about when and how I depart this life.
The second one is not relevant, and is an obvious attempt to play on an abortion meme. Who does this, how often it occurs, shouldn't be a matter of public debate. Because the "rare" part might lead to states deciding that collectively women in their state can have a total of no more than some set number of abortions a year. I can see the legislative debate now: "This is how we make it safe, legal, and rare. We'll allow a total of no more than x number of abortions here. See how great we are? See how we're keeping abortion safe, legal and rare?"
These are PERSONAL decisions.