German court legalises euthanasia with patient consent

Its the same as pulling the plug on a family member (which often no one knows their wishes)and that happens all the time. The only difference is that they explicitly gave them permission to not keep them on life support. My mother has said if she is ever faced with being kept alive by machines in a vegetativestate that we are to take her off the life support. I would look at it as fulfilling her last wishes

Some of these terminal illnesses are so painful and for many the pain meds don't work. I've heard stories of neighbors hearing the screams for days. Honestly, doesn't need to be a loved one for me if my neighbor was in that much pain with no relief I would go over and end it if they wished no matter the consequences for me.

I'm not going to hang around this thread much longer the Evangelicals will eventually show up shortly and talk about how they have entertainment and activities to cheer these people up and there is no need to euthanize. It just makes me sick to my stomach.

My wife and I have both agreed to cut it short. If we are dying, end the suffering. Quit making doctors more money by keeping us alive.

As a health professional I have seen terminally ill people begging to die. I have seen cancer ridden 90 year olds for whom the family wants "everything done" including CPR if their father or mother stops breathing.

I know it is very hard to let a loved one go and my heart goes out to people faced with this situation. It is human nature to cling to hope.

But I will not let my loved ones linger if they are terminal and I have given explicit instructions to my spouse and kids not to do that to me.

I like the American way of euthanasia

privatized just get a gun or some pills or a rope and do yourself with no support or help of any kind

and if anyone helps you end your terminal misery they go to prison as a murderer here in the land o the free