45 Common Things Society Labels As Bad That Are Actually Fine, As Shared By People Online

Absolutely! My death is my right and not the other way around. So many people in agony and yet make them shameful and criminalized for choosing to end their own suffering. This is so hypocritical...

Because the modern medical industry loves it! They suck out all the gold they can and don't care about our pain. American medicine is not a hospital with doctors trying to help people anymore (don't know if it ever was.) It is a business, a corrupt corporation, with the exception of a select few good hearts.

And....many times the pain is not controllable by medication.

It has to do with bad-faith slippery-slope arguments along the lines of, “If we allow assisted suicide as an option, we’ll start telling grandma to off herself just to save money on care.” I guess if your thought process is that juvenile you might reach that conclusion but it’s a lot more nuanced than given credit for. One thing is for sure: if profit weren’t a part of the healthcare industry, that argument would lose any value it does have.

And, if we didn't have a bunch of yellow-bellied legislators kowtowing to the fanatical religious mobs, we would have our dignity. This won't happen until the US government follows the Constitution and kicks religion out of politics.

Luckily, the laws have just come into effect in my state..... I've got cancer and it's actually a great comfort to know I have that choice if I need it.....

In Canada it is legal now, done in a controlled setting.

Every time this subject comes up, I like to recommend Terry Pratchett's essay "Shaking hands with death." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90b1MBwnEHM&t=1999s

In Canada we have MAID. Medically assisted intentional death. It is monitored and a process, just to be sure. But you don’t have to jump through hoops either. For instance, if you are diagnosed with ALS, you know your future. You can, at any point notify the program and discuss everything that is your wishes. There is a further process, but you get to choose when you’ve had enough.

BTW, I've been a German citizen and American citizen. Healthcare is better in Germany, prompt effective care. America make an appointment 2 months out and wait for doctor to write an order for the x-ray I need..good luck. We are better not to know better. In Germany doctor visit same day lab work and X-ray, then return to the doctor and get results and prescriptions needed for my condition. All within 2 hours out the door. American pride, keep our heads deep in the sand because only the rich people report nothing is wrong with the system and they're always right. How do you know the other systems don't work? Have you lived in Germany on their system? I have, I am American. I know, I did it. But, whatever you do believe the news over me. The news people that report only negative stories because that's all we want to hear. Even if, it's something that happens infrequently, we want to believe that over the norm. We want to believe the worst of others over the honest truth. Yep, I said it!

Thissssss, Im passionate about this topic, i rather die swifly and in peace, that having to spend the rest of my life in a bed not being able to move, or slowly wasting away untill i finaly die, and don't you f*****g dare to bring religion in to this argument, religion means s**t in a secular country.

My grandmother did this because after the cancer treatment didn't work she didn't want us(the family) to have to watch her deteriorate before she passed. My dad got upset at first but once I was able to get through to him he understood.

Wait ur family has to pay your hospital bills once you're dead?

This one is tough really...

You can't because "dYiNg is BaD" ....(said no dead person ever, BTW) No, because what if they "FiNd tHe cUrE fOr iT neXt mOnTh, oR nExT yEaR" No because it's"UnEtHiCaL" "JuSt tRy tHe TrEaTmEnT, YoU miGhT sUrViVe"

It's more profitable to treat than to cure.

Assisted suicide for terminal illness and life in prison without chance of parole. Educate and counsel then let them decide.

Exactly!

Some states allow you to euthanize people but there is certain criteria that has to be met first

A friend of mine just did exactly this. It is possible in some states. It should be allowed every where. Esp for dementia, Alzheimer's, or just plain old age. Racking up huge costs in Old folks homes with money that could go to the family is ridiculous

I wish we could have it. I watched my dad struggle at the end and not get the care he needed at the nursing home and watch him die as a shell of himself. I hope by the time I'm ready to die it's legal so I don't have to suffer like he did.

Beautiful american health system…

I think it's because many people are not happy unless they are telling others how to live (or die.) Also it comes from religion & the church. Apparently suffering is supposed to be good for us & gets us into heaven. BS! Another way reason to control everything. We're not asking them to die, we just want the right to make the decision to live or die for ourselves.

the irony is that many people wouldn't have to choose an "unnatural" death if modern society wasnt obsessed with extending life by any means possible, no matter the cost or actual benefit

When I was really sick I thought a lot about the right to assisted suicide. It's very hard to know where to draw that line. But we should be talking more about it. The government in the U.K. tried to pass an assisted death law but it wasn't successful. I do think that people are helped to die; it's just done at the very end of life to prevent suffering with increased pain meds. But in places like Switzerland you can pay to end your own life i if you fit into the very strict criteria- I think it's the Gravias clinics if anyone wants to know more.

Assisted Suicide is Legal in my state of Victoria Australia and I am grateful that our politicians has the good sense to allow it to happen .

As someone who has cared for injured wildlife, oftentimes the kindest thing to do would be to give the animal “the gift of death”. Why can’t we extend that kindness and HUMANITY to, you know, humans?

I say even without terminal illness, if you are just ready to go for any reason, you should have options that won't leave you for someone to find a horrific "surprise" one day

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Pets don't make wills. Nor have any other rights and obligations under law. It is one huge slippery slope that one. Too much room for abuse.