This needs to be higher. It is such an important issue.

A human life riddled with pain and agony is not a life anymore. Some people get so in their own feelings that they forget their loved ones are essentially suffering. "How can I play God and decide who gets to live and who gets to die?" What about basic compassion? Assisted suicide is cherishing human life, it's giving the opportunity to the suffering people to die with dignity.

I struggle to understand why so many people are against it and would rather have their loved ones suffer. It's so cruel. It should be the individuals choice. Why are we allowed to have the option to end our pets pain and suffering, yet us humans don't have that right in most places.

I believe anyone should be able to do what they want with their bodies as long as it does not hurt others. Abortion, drugs (I understand people can get high snd get behind a wheel, but alcohol is legal so I do not see a difference), sex for money, suicide, sexual preference, religious preference and everything on between. No one should be able to control others. Of course I am talking about adults here. 18 and over.

American system is so cruel. Our system basically forces many folks to "manage" their pain until they can no longer eat or drink, and they die from dehydration/starvation. It's horrible.

My dad was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in 2016. IPF causes scar tissue to build up in the lungs, gradually reducing their functionality. There is no cure. The patient slowly suffocates to death. He died in 2019 after three years of absolute Hell. I would have supported him had he chosen assisted suicide.

The priest who married me and baptized my children had a PhD in theology, and he wrote his dissertation about assisted suicide. He believes that God has given us a way of easing each other’s suffering.

It's not legal in my country. Last year, 37 years old man went to Switzerland, so he could end his life there. He has fast-progressing ALS.

I used to work as a CNA in a nursing home about 15 years ago. I will never forget Roger (name changed for privacy). He had cancer of the eye and it absolutely horrible. He was on enough morphine and fentanyl patches to kill a horse but he had developed an amazing tolerance to pain meds. Even with all that pain management, he was in excruciating pain all the time and would ask the nurses just to give him more so he could end the pain forever. It was awful watching him in this condition for 6 months before he finally passed away. There is totally truth in quality of life over quantity of life.

Many of the laws in Canada to support this are s**t. You can't make arrangements ahead of time and must complete it while competent. In other words, you are giving up 'good time'. If I get a terminal diagnosis, I don't see why I can't make arrangements while I'm competent for assisted death, specifying the conditions under which it will happen?

I definitely support dying with dignity

Why would you ever be against it. You're condemning another person to a life of pain, one they do not want. I'd that's all their life is, it should be their decision only. With a list of my own problems I once told my sister that it's a real possibility for me in the next 2 decades if it doesn't improve. She went on about how selfish I was to not want to be there for my nephew and any other kids she has. I love my family, but I don't live for them and am not about to subject myself to a lifetime of pain just to watch their lives.

There is dangers to assisted suicide that will need safeguards in place to protect people from like for instance somebody gaslighting an elderly relative and convincing them to do it so they can either avoid looking after them or even get some kind of inheritance when they die, but once those safeguards are in place then I completely agree it should be available in all countries.

this is rooted in some bogus religion belief that life is a gift from god and you'll go straight to hell if you take your own life. having that drilled into your brain since childhood makes it hard to get rid of the prejudice later in life. even if you become non religious, sometimes these things are hard to get over.

We watched for three years, my beloved grandpa waste away from lung cancer ( black lung) he was a sack of emaciated skin & bones , in agony all the time when he died. When he reached stage 4 terminal, he should have had the choice , to pass away peacefully with his family around him, instead he died in agony, alone, not even his adored wife of 40 years with him.

Seeing someone suffer when they are dying, changed my mind. I will never go in a care home and never suffer if I am dying, if I can help it!

Necessary, but it must be very well-regulated so that people don't get pushed into dying because of pressure, poverty, denial of benefits, etc.,

I have an elderly friend in a nursing home, she is deaf and blind and can’t move on her own or eat. She’s on “end of life care” and has been since last year. How this is humane or even legal I will never know.

My sentiments exactly.

I have unusually aggressive rheumatoid arthritis. I also have deep reservations about assisted suicide. It should be an option, but not the only option. We shouldn't be driven to choose it because other options are inaccessible or withheld. I fear that sometimes we are.

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"Dignity in Dying are clear to point out that they advocate assisted dying - where terminally ill yet mentally competent people take prescribed medication to end their life. It's not assisted suicide, voluntary euthanasia or euthanasia. They're not the same thing. They've also said to me that this issue is not about disabled people. Disability campaigners such as Baroness Jane Campbell say it's a "dangerous time" to consider any change to the law. She says that the economic downturn and austerity has led to a serious hardening of attitudes towards vulnerable members of society, with pensioners and disabled people being routinely branded as "scroungers" or accused of being a "burden". She argues that in the current climate, relaxing the law on assisted suicide would be like an open invitation to those with something to gain from pressuring them into ending their lives." Both sides covered in article https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-28311809

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This needs to be #1

I really don't understand how people think universal healthcare is a bad idea, it exists in all EU countries plus the UK, and people aren't weighed down with medical debt.

Even if you eliminate the poverty no one should be allowed to force you to keep a lump of developing cells in your body. One which will change your body and life forever, and you might potentially not even survive it. Especially if it was conceived after rape, or if it generates a risk to the person carrying it.

I even heard the context on which they claim it’s wrong was actually saying “man shouldn’t lay with a boy”, so against pedophiles not gays.

There are scary levels of bad information against vaccines. It's almost like some people are mad AT science itself...

I would be dead if I was a Jehovah witness coz I needed a blood transfusion. How anyone could choose a deity that we don't know actually exists, over saving the life of your own child/partner etc. F**k that s**t.

That's good science. Question everything and believe the evidence

Well, today I learned something ! I thought it was produced chemically, or by some sort of extraction process from other stuff. Turns out it's a natural gaz, and yes, we're slowly depleting the world reserves.

Greyhound racing is even worse

Competition, in many if not most cases, is utterly pointless. Merit alone rarely accounts for who gets a promotion, rather who got the boss to like them for other reasons. I have seen too many WTF promotions to believe in that system.

Ba Dum Tish!

I was raised a Mormon. The oppressiveness is very subtle and creates sort of a Stockholm Syndrome among true believers. One of my biggest objections with them is their one-size-fits-all view of life that they claim is God's Plan. Conform conform conform...

Feminism is equality.

I used to think most homeless people were criminals, druggies or alcoholics but after watching quite a few docos and lots of research I discovered that most homelessness is caused by unfortunate circumstances. Things like mental illness (main cause), disability, aged out of the foster system, family abuse, job loss which cause housing loss, medical debt (US) and much more. A lot of homeless turn to drugs and alcohol once they are on the street. It's a way tonumb their reality, as well as pass the time. There is not enough support for homeless people and what services there are, there scattered all over the place or just not enough to go around. Homelessness is FAR more complicated than you actually think.

I am still shocked that people didn't understand the message of BLM (the slogan) it that Black Lives Matter TOO. Not sure if it's stupidity or racism that makes people think otherwise..

I hated cats for years, didn't help that my dad was anti cats, I am allergic to cats and the first time I pet a cat the bugger scratched me. Anyway over the years my mind has changed, I don't hate cats anymore (I hate a lot of cat owners instead lol) If I wasn't allergic I would even consider having one as a pet.

McDonald's didn't pay her a bunch of money. All she wanted was her medical costs covered and they wouldn't even do that. And then the badmouthed her to the world to make her the villain. Arseholes. But yeah, I believed this story for years . . .

This is just what someone with cooties would say.

Congratulations 🥳. It was probably a very tough journey since being addicted to something makes your brain not want to stop it. Congrats again