anyone else here not pro life for the sake of being pro life?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I am neither pro-life or pro-death. I would rather be pro-choice. If someone wants to live, it is our duty to help them accomplish that no matter what. If someone wants to die, it is our duty to not keep them from dying. It is their life, after all.

This 100%.

It's my life, after all. If I wanted to commit suicide, then that's my choice and nobody can tell me I'm wrong.

The grey area with euthanasia comes with the notions of where one can actively make the decision, or if the decision is made for you. It's both this and religious reasons why suicide, and especially euthanasia, are still viewed negatively in most enlightened countries. The latter can be disregarded as irrelevant, but the former is definitely a good cause for concern.

I have no doubt that If I were ever diagnosed with dementia or a disease where I began to lose the ability to make decisions (or even lose my sense of 'self'), then I would chose death. Not immediately perhaps, and indeed another grey area arises when deciding where the line is to be drawn, but I would not wish to be a burden on the people around me, and neither would I want people to see me as a shell of who I was, which is exactly what diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's does.

After all, what's the point in living if you're living as a shell? Without any concept of the world or people around you? Many may disagree, but it's my life and my decision, and I'll live (or not) with the consequences. MY fiancé knows where I stand on this, and she's accepted it.