http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brittany-may...-her-life/ Not sure how new this is, bt it was a very good interview, and showed the emotion of this situation.
I don't have cancer. I have spina bifida. Death can occur early, due to kidney or bowel failure, or other issues, but not always. I'm not living a life that I would want to end, but I support the right to suicide. Medical expenses put a drain on either one's own wallet or that of society (often both); I can see how, at some point, one is in too much pain and mental exhaustion to feel they contribute to society. I know the Dutch have a very healthy paradigm regarding euthanasia.
Unfortunately, people in my particular world of spina bifida sometimes worry about assisted suicide being outright encouraged. I just feel like it needs to be debated and clarified a bit better. People need to know what their options are, both in this world and the next.
I don't have cancer. I have spina bifida. Death can occur early, due to kidney or bowel failure, or other issues, but not always. I'm not living a life that I would want to end, but I support the right to suicide. Medical expenses put a drain on either one's own wallet or that of society (often both); I can see how, at some point, one is in too much pain and mental exhaustion to feel they contribute to society. I know the Dutch have a very healthy paradigm regarding euthanasia.
Unfortunately, people in my particular world of spina bifida sometimes worry about assisted suicide being outright encouraged. I just feel like it needs to be debated and clarified a bit better. People need to know what their options are, both in this world and the next.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
