I posted this on another thread about a lady who lived 58 years in an iron lung. After thinking about it some more, I decided maybe it would be better to discuss the right to die issue on a separate thread.
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Originally Posted by Rico
I don't know if anyone else is thinking along the same lines, but, after reading about this lady, I thought about the right to die battle that is going on in this country right now. The article gave me the impression this lady wanted to live as full a life as possible given her circumstances, but what if her desire had been to have the machine shut off so she could die?
An iron lung is a form of life support. On other forms of life support, the next of kin has the right to have the equipment disconnected. In those cases the person on life support is unconcious, but what if someone who is conscious wants to have the machinery shut off? Should that be considered suicide? Comments anyone?
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