RE: Choosing to kill yourself is NEVER dignified/Death with Dignity/Kirstina

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I have personally witnessed mentally incompetent people pass competency

tests! Competency tests are a JOKE!

 

On Behalf Of Kristina Turner

Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:55 AM

Re: Death with Dignity/Jeff

 

 

 

 

Paula that was a very touching letter thanks for sharing your feelings.

After reading the initiative entirely from the voters pamhplet I felt that

it does cover bases very well requiring two physcians to attest that the

patient has 6 mos or less and is of sound mind to make such a decision and

there are preliminary waiting periods between requests for assistance and

the act itself.

 

My opinion was coming more from feelings of losing my 20 year old friend

to suicide than looking at this issue with total open eyes. Now that I have

put aside my own stigmas with suicide I realize that it should not be

illegal if we chose to end our misery when we are already dying. Suicide

seems so unatural but then again so does laying in a bed in agonizing pain

for 6 months.

 

I just hope that the commercial where the woman says " they will help me

kill myself but they will not give me the drugs to save my life " is not

true.

 

Peace during all of your tough decisions