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[weaktwos]

I don't know, somehow, if my life consisted of living in nursing homes and being fed through a tube, I wouldn't want to live through all that. I don't want to be a vegetable being fed vegetables through a tube.

And it's good to see that the Supreme Court sees that.

There's "Pro-Life", and then there's "Pro-Living". If putting someone to rest who can do nothing but be fed through a tube, then why isn't killing plants considered a homicide? At least the plants contribute to the transmutation of carbon dioxide to oxygen, right?

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To paraphrase Leary...

[syreene.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, smoking cuts your life by years, but it's those geriatric, diaper wearing years! Personally, I don't want to live that long."

[imlac.livejournal.com]

The real problem with that has nothing to do with euthanasia, but with the constitutionality of a legislative body (a) making laws that apply specially to one individual, and (b) making medical decisions for a patient that contramand the recomendations of her doctor and the wishes of her designated surrogate decision maker.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Yes, but what drove that legislative body to step in like this? What would compel Jeb to get involved in a dispute between two folks. I think it doese have something to do with euthanasia, because some folks have commented to suggest this is "judicial homicide".

Maybe I haven't read up enough on this, but the whole thing struck me as a little juvenile if her parents are claiming that the husband wants to kill his wife so he can marry another woman.

[mydivineshadow.livejournal.com]

If they are brain dead without a reasonable chance of recovery, I would support allowing them to be taken off life support after a specified period of time. I always think it is better to err on the side of caution though, and I think it's better to go above and beyond what is minimally necessary, just to give the person the benefit of the doubt.

If a person is being fed through a tube and paralized but their mind is still functioning and they are aware of what is going on, I don't think we should be able to kill them if they don't want to die.

That being said, the fact that the guy wants to take her off life support so he can marry another woman, and wouldn't have had he not been involved with said woman, is probably true. You know us men. lol

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Somehow, spending the past 10 years being able to do nothing but be fed through a tube seems excruciating to me.