tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461028406488684699.post2462950470416496785..comments2023-07-28T05:17:56.507-07:00Comments on Moorfield Storey Blog: "I don't want to die alone."Moorfield Storey Institutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847389834688255658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461028406488684699.post-87785001337510044452012-07-26T08:53:43.379-07:002012-07-26T08:53:43.379-07:00I believe that the government and people are smart...I believe that the government and people are smart enough to put into action various regulations or procedures to prevent what abuses may come from allowing assisted suicide. Such as having it regulated through a Hospice care giver, a hospital, etc. with required official witnesses (Dr. or nurse like a notary) and legal paper work filed and maybe a mental exam or a mandatory counseling session with a licensed psychiatrist to prevent someone using the allowance of assisted suicide as an alibi or excuse in the law for actually killing family, friends, or others (especially vulnerable elderly). One has to think of all the reasons not to do it from the stand point of using a legal policy to harm rather for what it is intended and then put in place requirements to deter it. I can see the potential for abuse, but there is already murder and abuse of the elderly and poor, and poor elderly, but allowing a properly guided action as the above story of Nancy Crick, I think, can be done. I would think conspiracy from a well financed individual would be the one to abuse any legalities put in place, but anyone with that much power and influence is going to find a way to get what they want legally or illegally and I don't see that a reason to postpone allowing dignity in death.chrsyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931561467290982252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461028406488684699.post-58382630635510457292012-07-06T21:45:15.208-07:002012-07-06T21:45:15.208-07:00I share your view on this, but I think you could d...I share your view on this, but I think you could do a better job of explaining how we might uphold the right of individuals to choose their deaths without endangering the rights of others to continue living. There is tremendous practical and financial incentive to hasten the death of someone who is ailing. Given how the "right to work" (in a paid job, as opposed to housewiferey) for women has become an obligation to do so, and the general unwillingness of American society to look after its sick and aging I can easily imagine this becoming a reality for many, especially the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com