Michigan Democrats eye legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill | Bridge Michigan
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A ‘death with dignity’ bill package introduced in the Michigan Senate last week would allow people with less than six months to live to request a prescription for life-ending medication.
  • Michigan Senate Democrats propose bills legalizing physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients
  • The concept, legalized in 10 states and Washington, D.C., remains controversial
  • Supporters say it gives terminally ill patients more autonomy. Critics argue it’s ‘not the compassionate answer’
  • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I can’t imagine having a terminal painful disease and being told that I just have to wait until the end comes. That sounds inhumane to me. Like severe dementia. I have a former coworker who was her mother’s only caregiver and her mother was in bad shape. Self injurious and violent. I learned the word “autocoprophagia” from her, which means one who eats their own feces. I’d rather commit suicide than put my loved ones through that.