One problem with voluntary assisted suicide is that it can become involuntary assisted suicide. It's not so hard to imagine a sick, vulnerable person being pressured into ending it early, either by relatives who are tired of being caregivers or by insurance companies.
It's like abortion. That was supposed to be a woman's choice, but there are women who find themselves being pressured into abortions they don't want because their parents don't want the inconvenience or their boyfriends don't want to pay child support.
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One problem with voluntary assisted suicide is that it can become involuntary assisted suicide. It's not so hard to imagine a sick, vulnerable person being pressured into ending it early, either by relatives who are tired of being caregivers or by insurance companies.
It's like abortion. That was supposed to be a woman's choice, but there are women who find themselves being pressured into abortions they don't want because their parents don't want the inconvenience or their boyfriends don't want to pay child support.
I think it is a personal choice made to avoid intense suffering, and should not be controlled and forbidden by govt officials.
Doctor Death ''K'' was put in prison for helping people die.
opposed to it; it is preying on a victim's greatest weaknesses