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Originally Posted by angus58
Some years ago when my father was dying of lung cancer he was in such extreme pain that we couldn't even touch him to wash him without his screaming in agony. My brothers and I took it in turns to care for him and we had a wonderful hospice nurse who would come to the house twice a day to give him his morphine injection but towards the end nothing could alleviate his pain. Watching him die like that, slowly and in unimaginable agony, was torture to the family, and I almost had a nervous breakdown because of it. That experience convinced me that no-one has the right to prolong the suffering of another human being in a situation where there is absolutely no hope of recovery.
Why is it we can put an animal down for humane reasons, but not a fellow human being who must suffer to the bitter end because of someone else's idea of morality?
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Euthanasia is a tricky issue I think. If a person is in such extreme agony and suffering then I think euthanasia would be an acceptable option to undertake. I think that if euthanasia were legalised by the government then there should be a council set up to examine
every single case to be sure that it is correct to take this extreme action. The person considering an option like this would have to be 100% sure they want this to happen - I don't think someone else should EVER make a decision like this as another person couldn't truly understand how they feel, which is why I would be against this option for those in a coma for example.