Same question also applies to assisted suicide in general, not just for people with terminal illnesses. Would you support the legalization of such an action in your state or in the country as a whole? Would you only support euthanasia, but not assisted suicide in general?

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  2. It is a bodily autonomy issue and I wholeheartedly support bodily autonomy, so I support this. I support people being able to make informed choices about their lives and health. This includes choosing to humanely end it. I think there should be some checks and balances but it should be legal.

  3. Yes. I believe in bodily autonomy. People should have the right to end their suffering.

  6. Absolutely, I think the right to die with dignity is a very important, and sadly, under-appreciated right in this country.

  7. I would support voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill people. I don’t like what they have done in Canada because it ends up looking like a [culling of the poor and disabled](https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-disabilities-nears-medically-assisted-death-after-futile-bid-for-affordable-housing-1.5882202)

    >She desperately wants to move to an apartment that’s wheelchair accessible and has cleaner air. But her only income is from Ontario’s Disability Support Program (ODSP). She receives a total of $1,169 a month plus $50 for a special diet. “I’ve applied for MAiD essentially…because of abject poverty,” she said.

    Seems bad!

  8. I do, but I wouldn’t support it on the national level. Like many things this is something best left to the states.

  9. Without getting wrapped up in the nuances of “euthanasia versus assisted suicide”, I support the right to die.

    So long as the person in question made their wishes known in a legal manner while they were of sound mind, they should have the ability to do so through safe, comfortable means.

    As for the why, I’ve seen what terminal and neuro-degenerative diseases can do to people. No one should be forced to live like that.

  10. I’d support it, especially for people who are in great pain or who are suffering without hope of ever finding a reprieve. I’d like for there to be a serious consideration to mental health and a means of assistance for others who need it before taking that leap.

  13. Yes I would. I’m from Washington state where it is legal. My uncle had terminal cancer and last year he chose this option. It think it should be legal everywhere

  14. As a personal choice, sure, but the line between the personal choice and being coerced into it by the state, family, healthcare workers, or anything else needs to be thick and bright.

  15. I am extremely leery of getting the state involved in this, in any way. If there was simply a way to keep it a legal grey-area and not have any policy at all about it, I would.

  16. Absolutely without a doubt. People should be able to die with dignity without the bullshit of other people’s religion and beliefs to stop them. If you don’t want to do it, then don’t. I can’t fathom how letting people die terrible painful deaths is ok with those people. Selfish assholes, the lot of them.

  18. I would support it. There would be standards, regulation, and would allow it to be done while minimizing risks of additional suffering. People have a right not to suffer.

  20. I support consensual euthanasia but… How would one be able to verify that the person consented if they’re dead? I’d imagine it would be very easy to steal identity and use it to murder someone and frame it as a euthanasia

  21. I don’t know. This is a tough one.

    On the one hand, I support bodily autonomy.

    On the other hand, I wouldn’t want sick or old people to be put in a position where they felt pressured to end their life to benefit others. Like if they didn’t want to be a burden or if they didn’t want to spend up all their childrens’ inheritance on end of life care

  22. I would support it, but with the caveat there be extensive mental health support prior to the event.

  23. Yes, for the terminally ill.

    Edit: Also for other cases, like someone in the shoes of Hector Salamanca (the wheelchair ding-bell guy from Breaking Bad)

  24. I’m pretty pro-life but dang is it hard to argue if someone was in serious pain and there would be no chance to get better. So I don’t really know how to feel about it

  26. Yes! I watched my dad die from dementia and altzheimers (as well as a list of other things) He would say all the time “I HURT”. He was the strong silent type who never complained. I don’t want to suffer like he did.

  27. Yes, for the terminally ill who have no quality of life.

    General legalization of assisted suicide for any reason? Nope. Way too much chance that something like that could be used for nefarious purposes.

  28. I support it for terminally I’ll people or those with dementia or azheimers. I know for myself I don’t want to be a burden on my family.

  29. I don’t want the sick and elderly to feel pressured to do it but I worry they could due to feeling like a burden on resources and feeling obligated to do it.

  30. I don’t support such a thing, but I know reddit does, so here will as well.

    1. It could be a slippery slope. People and/or governments might expand the reasons for assisted suicide, disabled people could be euthanized against better judgement or even their wishes. The reasons for it could be expanded to the point anybody could be euthanized.

    2. Pain can be partially alleviated, palliative care and modern therapeutics more and more adequately manage pain for the terminally ill.

    3. It devalues human life, which should be treasured and protected.

    4. Physician integrity and patient trust.

    5. Health insurance may pay for assisted suicide but will not pay for treatment that may sustain peoples lives.

    6. Suicide has long been considered a serious offense in my religion and western society. Murder is also a serious offense.

    7. It’s giving up on yourself and your family if you have one.

  31. I worked as a nurse in nursing homes for roughly 8 years. I would 100% support euthanasia.

    The amount of patients we have who are not wanting to live and taking up resources (that we can use to care for other people in need), is insane.

    I’ve had patients talk to me about how they are just waiting to die. No family coming to visit them, shitty food, can’t walk, some can’t talk or move, just blinking for yes/no. I’ve had patients ask me to hire sharpshooters to end it for them.

    Why are we keeping people alive who don’t want to me, especially those at the end of the road? Is it more cruel to keep them alive or to help them die?

  32. 100%. I think it’s cruel that we don’t let people who are suffering, and no chance of recovery, decide when to end it.

  33. Who really cares. If someone wants to kill themselves it is not my place to tell them they can’t. People do it every day. It is no ones business and not anyone’s place to say who lives or dies. Only you can make that call for yourself and if you make the decision why would you need someone’s permission

  35. Mixed feelings. On the one hand, freedom. On the other hand, I worry about insurance companies essentially telling people “we won’t pay for that life saving surgery, but we will pay for euthanasia.” and that troubles me a bit. Like, they already do the first part, but I’m concerned they may start doing that more often. All things being equal though, I think people should be able to choose for themselves rather than having anyone else choose.

  36. For terminal illnesses, 100%. Nobody should have to spend their last days on earth in agony. My Dad’s greatest fear in life was senility. Mercifully, he died before he ever showed any signs of going senile; though that in itself was a load of bullshit because he wasn’t even 60 yet, his lungs just decided to give up.

    For mental illnesses, I feel like we have to increase our understanding of, treatment of and diagnosis of mental illnesses to begin with before we could reliably sign off on saying somebody is just too negatively affected by something only they can directly experience to undergo euthanasia.

  38. Depends. I believe that in most cases the desire to die in of itself is a sign of mental illness and thus they can’t consent. However if there is simply no chance that this individual can live then it would be cruelty to keep them in more suffering than is needed.
    So I support euthanasia only when the patient is 100% a walking deadman and is going to suffer greatly.

  40. After watching my mother pass away from brain cancer, I support the right to die for terminally ill people. I doubt my mom would’ve taken the option if she had it, but I know I would instead of going through what she did.

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