Comments on: What should the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide be in the U.S. judicial system?

By: LordTiberivs

LordTiberivs — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:08:16 +0000

Are you asking if I am a teenager? No I'm well past all my teenage years.

By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:04:50 +0000

Once your dead. When you are in pain and suffering, it clouds your judgment. There should be physician-assisted suicides with a minimum waiting-period time I believe so that the patient understands fully what he is about to do.

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:03:50 +0000

Maybe you should use spellcheck.

By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:03:16 +0000

Aren't you a teenager?

By: LordTiberivs

LordTiberivs — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:26:30 +0000

That being the case, and if the government did pull out of all decisions in that manner; wouldn't those medical decision fall on the shoulders of the doctor and the patient?

By: papadawg

papadawg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:47:37 +0000

In our Military, if one's religion prohibits him/her from taking a human life then that person is not put into a combat situation.

What you are saying – and do not misunderstand me when I say that "the separation of church and state" is NOT in our Constitution, ONLY that Congress shall NOT declare a national religion – is that based on the false claim of separation of church and state our government can and must declare that doctor assisted suicide should be carried out regardless of the patients religious beliefs. Sorry pard, but that is not only morally wrong, it is inherently wrong!

It would be much better for the government to get out of our personal lives altogether, and that includes any and all medical decisions.

By: Liberty

Liberty — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:15:18 +0000

Quite a good question.

By: LordTiberivs

LordTiberivs — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:05:31 +0000

But our government specifically, which has mandated a separation of church and state CANNOT make a law based on religious beliefs. Outlawing doctor assisted suicide on the basis that it will send the recipients soul to hell is an unconstitutional law. Outlawing it because it is considered a socially unacceptable crime is not, however you could consider it a breach of personal rights if you feel everyone has the right to choose their own fate.

By: papadawg

papadawg — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:37:46 +0000

I hate to bring religion into this discussion (notice I did not say debate), but I feel I must. Here is the reason why . . . Most religions teach that suicide will send you (or your spirit, soul, etc.) the opposite direction from heaven. Remember that I said most religions – obviously Islam is not one of those religions.

So when you begin to discuss suicide in any form, wether it be doctor assisted or not, you must take the individuals personal religious beliefs, as well as that individuals family's religious beliefs into consideration.

Therein lies the crux.

It is the biggest stumbling block of all, for one simple reason. That reason is that a funeral or memorial service is not and never has been intended for the benefit of the deceased – they are ceremonies for those the deceased left behind.

For a deeply religious family who would believe that if the deceased committed the unforgivable sin of suicide, that ceremony would be pure torture and the fact that their loved one committed suicide would mean to them that they would never be reunited with that loved one in heaven when their own life on this earth is over.

No government official, elected or appointed, would want to make such a law that would cause his/her constituents such ever lasting grief, emotional pain and agony. At least no government official in his/her right mind.

Just my not-so-humble opinion. B)

By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:31:34 +0000

Because it is one thing to have thoughts about it when you are alive and well and not in the situation, but your mind set and thoughts will change when thrown into a horrible event such as that.