Your opinion on euthanasia

[Jazzy]

What is your opinion on euthanasia, ethically and morally?

 

[Messy]

I didn't even let my rabbits get euthanised. Vet wanted to kill one. What? I left him there for an xray and she just called that she wanted to put him down. No way. It was animal abuse if I let him live. Bye. Asked Dr. Google, found another vet with a miracle cure and he lived happily for another year. For people, I have prayed for my grandma, cause my dad said it was so horrible: God heal her now or take her to heaven and that night she died, cause my aunt forgot to shut the window and she died from pneumonia. Aunt felt guilty for years. Oh oops. My ex prayed the same thing for his dad and he also immediately died. He asked him if he wanted to stay or go to heaven and he couldn't fight anymore. The nurse thought that they pulled the plug, cause they thought he'd have to suffer for months. So we may not decide about life and death, but we may pray.

 

[Forgiven1]

I am against euthanasia. God ordains our lives. He determines when we are born and when we die. It is not up to us to make that decision. When someone comes to the end of their life, I pray that God's will be done.

Messy bring up euthanasia for our pets. So far, I have not had to make that decision. Of 3 previous cats, 2 ran away never to be seen again and one died following surgery. He was 14 years old and having the surgery was iffy Of the 2 cats and one dog we have now, they are al very healthy and I hope they can have natural deaths also.

 

[Albion]

I am against euthanasia. God ordains our lives. He determines when we are born and when we die. It is not up to us to make that decision. When someone comes to the end of their life, I pray that God's will be done.

The question asked about the ethical and moral implications of euthanasia, but that approach may be premature anyway.

Legal euthanasia has been gaining ground in some countries in Europe lately, and what happened is that doctors given the right to end a life under certain conditions that the average person would consider sensible, merciful, etc., have gradually been deciding who should live and who should die, depending on their own personal judgment of the value of that patient's life, not in accordance with the purpose of the law as it originally was intended.

"Well, he's old and doesn't have any friends, so...." or "He's only going to live a few more years anyway and is costing his family a lot of money for his care, so...." is inevitably going to take over if such a decision is put into the hands of attending physician or hospitals.

 

[Messy]

The question asked about the ethical and moral implications of euthanasia, but that approach may be premature anyway.

Legal euthanasia has been gaining ground in some countries in Europe lately, and what happened is that doctors given the right to end a life under certain conditions that the average person would consider sensible, merciful, etc., have gradually been deciding who should live and who should die, depending on their own personal judgment of the value of that patient's life, not in accordance with the purpose of the law as it originally was intended.

"Well, he's old and doesn't have any friends, so...." or "He's only going to live a few more years anyway and is costing his family a lot of money for his care, so...." is inevitably going to take over if such a decision is put into the hands of attending physician or hospitals.

Yes. It already happens. A nurse or something asked my brother what he wanted. What do you mean? If he wanted to let my dad drink. She just wanted to let him die. My sister is a doctor. She said: they ask if they have to resuscitate, but that's just a formality, cause they don't do it when you say yes. The vet was more concerned about my guinea pig than those ppl about my dad.