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Medical Aid In Dying

“Why I hope to die at 75”

By | Choice, Dying | 15 Comments

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, distinguished oncologist and bioethicist, a vice provost at the University of Pennsylvania, chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, an author and editor in the health care field, wants to die at age 75. Why would he make such a decision in what many would see as the prime of his life?

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The slippery slope, voluntary decision-making, and equal protection

By | Final Exit Network, Medical Aid in Dying, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 13 Comments

Slippery slope arguments deny rationality, moral precepts, and legal principles. Few of us who believe in a right to die go beyond the formulation of this right as a voluntary decision of one person about that person’s life.  The view that no one has the right to take from us the liberty to make such decisions to end our lives except ourselves appears to be the norm in this society for those who are near the end of their lives because of disease or condition.  Voluntariness is inextricably bound up with the decision to die to escape suffering near the end of life.  

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Disability activist slams right-to-die (RTD) law proposed in Minnesota

By | Right-to-Die Laws | 7 Comments

The Minnesota State House of Representatives and Senate are considering companion End-of-Life Option Act bills, and committee hearings have begun.  Since Minnesota is the state that will not permit even discussing end-of-life options among those who might want to decide the timing of their deaths with people who are experienced in how to achieve peaceful deaths on our own terms, it seems surprising that right-to-die (RTD) bills have been introduced in its legislature.  Nevertheless, opponents of the RTD are amping up their arguments against such legislation.

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