aKaake t1_jackjl6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:45 PM

I've had multiple family members pass away, one as recently as last year and they have all expressed wishing they had this option.

It's important, and everyone deserves dignity and respect especially at the end of their life.

IntelligentMeal40 t1_jacxfqu wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:20 PM

My mom decided to be done and it makes me so sad that she had to do that all on her own.

aKaake t1_jacxyg5 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:23 PM

I'm sorry about your mom. My Grampa decided to stop eating and stopped his meds. It was slow and painful for him. He was 93, he had lived, and he knew he wanted to go.

[deleted] t1_jacva70 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:05 PM

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aKaake t1_jacxolh wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:21 PM

It's heartbreaking hearing a loved one beg to just die. We do it for pets, and put them out of their misery. Why not give a human that right?

headrush46n2 t1_jae5ftz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:00 PM

Because we let religion have too much say on politics.

wwj t1_jae0irp wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:29 PM

I agree. Forcing someone to die of hunger/thirst is torture. The state should not mandate that people must be tortured to death.

I had an aunt slowly pass for ten days in hospice. What I saw can only be described as torture. I was amazed that her husband and children (adults) had been convinced by the medical people that everything was fine and this was normal and peaceful. Bullshit.