Assisted Suicide legalized in Canada.

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How I feel?

I think it's a good thing. But I'm not in Canada. If I get put in a condition where I'm going to be unable to function as an independent person, I'll be having my vegetable ass shipped to Canada.
 
I get the counter argument- there is always the chance you will survive and recover, considering the success and wonder stories out there, and killing yourself will eliminate any chance of recovery.

But I don't see a lot of people committing suicide without absolute certainty of their death. Some people with cancer will have physician assisted suicide on their last days so they feel no pain and I have no issue with that. I would want the same.

Regardless there are still issues with how it is carried out like others mentioned. It should be 100% physician assisted, and they ought to visibly watch the patient sign off their consent. I'm thinking of fiction, but the possibility of someone who may recover their injury or illness receiving the assisted suicide because of a corrupt guardian/parent/etc. and doesn't actually want it is something to think about.
 
There's always going to be pros and cons, reasons for or against. On a case by case basis, notions and arguments might sway one way or the other. But overall, I think I'm more for than against it. At least the option is there. I, too, have seen my fair share of family members and friends suffer through a painful end simply because there was nothing else that could be done for them. Honestly, I see the prolonging of someone's suffering as less humane than simply ending it. Especially if they're ready to go and the only reason they aren't is because we can't let them. The very idea of keeping someone around for as long as possible is extremely selfish.

On the other hand, I know an amazing woman who went through ten years of ups and downs, three separate diagnoses of months or weeks to live, and three moments of turning around and lasting longer than anyone expected. There was no cure, no chance that she'd miraculously be rid of the disease making her so sick, and she was a frail, but vibrant, lady for a long while before she left. But because she didn't give up and her doctors didn't(well, not all of them) she did have the chance to see her grandchildren grow up a little and let them have fond memories of her. And she was ready when the time came to slip away. She might not have had the chance to create those fond memories with her family had she been able to kick the bucket the first time her health started diminishing. But it still would have been up to her and I think she would have appreciated having that kind of control over her own body. Unfortunately, I was never brave enough to ask.

I cannot say definitively that there won't be any abuse of this law, but I can say that I still think I like it morethan I don't.

Some discussions that were had on the topic:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/assis...s-want-more-palliative-care-as-well-1.2948265
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...d-suicide-trailblazer-sue-rodriguez-1.2948174
http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/2015/...n-activist-court-and-doctor-assisted-suicide/
http://www.cbc.ca/day6/blog/2015/02/05/assisted-suicide/
 
Hm. I am neutral with regards to this issue. Both sides have their own merits and demerits, I don't really want to mess my head up deciding which one is the "right" choice. However, I do believe that the freedom of choice should be retained, even to individuals with illnesses. As such, I actually do support legally-assisted suicide.
 
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