Regarding “strict medical supervision” what a load of cobblers.

Doctors are not the sole arbiters of common sense.

Some doctors even object / refuse to offering unbiased assistance for abortions and others, like Shipman in UK, are over ready to assist, especially when he was going to get a slice from the estate.

Better euthanasia be assisted by anyone, acting in good faith and without a beneficial or material interest in the subjects estate (which I think I said previously),

Banjo writes

'I do not profess to be of faith, but i reckon I am a far more compassionate person than you.'

Typical of the crap that the left pushes. Murder the unborn but it is those who oppose it that lack compassion. It is those evil salvos and nuns who care for the age that is evil in their sight. Banjo you seem to know a lot about the hypocrisy you despise. I suspect you were also one crying over Corby as the media made her out to be the victim. Learn what true compassion is about before you start judging others.

Yeah runner, Banjo's a real lefty - so's Col.

Dear Fractelle,

Thank You for your kind words - although I'm not
sure that I deserve them. I don't have the answers
to the big questions in life. I'm still on my own
road to discovery. I've been incredibly lucky - but
everything is relative, everything has its own story;
and everyone has obstacles to overcome. They are our
greatest teachers. Every relationship is a gift - and
I've learned (and am still learning) so much from
people I've encountnered on my journey - including
people such as yourself on OLO. If someone asks me
what makes me happiest, it's never anything I can
quantify like a possession or something I can touch.
It's the spirit of the human being, which can fill me
with more joy than anything else in the world.

But enough said...

The right to die should be the patient's righ to choose.
The law should be decriminalised. I believe that if
society decided to accept euthanasia, legislation can be
drawn up with enough administrative safeguards to prevent
abuse.

Foxy

<< The right to die should be the patient's right to choose.
The law should be decriminalised. I believe that if
society decided to accept euthanasia, legislation can be
drawn up with enough administrative safeguards to prevent
abuse. >>

Exactly.

And it is not impossible nor difficult, all we need are politicians with sufficient compassion and the will. On second thought, maybe that is impossible and difficult...

* legislation can be
drawn up with enough administrative safeguards to prevent
abuse *

Foxy, I think that is going to be the key to it. I'm
the first person to resent Govt intrusion in our lives,
but I also understand what is holding this whole thing
up and thats the religious lobby and their slippery
slope argument, claiming we'd all be knocking off grandma
for the money.

The net result of that is that people continue to suffer
and nothing changes.

I'm hoping that the Rossiter case will highlight just how
much some are suffering, as many know who have worked in
the field and some have told us on this thread, from their
own experiences.

So perhaps some kind of compromise needs to be reached.
Perhaps some basic laws of direction, then a panel of
qualified people to review each case.

That would at least be progress over what we have now
and allay the fears of some, who are now holding up
any progress.

For politicians its not easy, they are dammed if they
do and dammed if they don't. So a compromise somewhere
in the middle, seems to me the way to go right now.
That's the only way this topic will be politically
acceptable in any way and right now it is not.