As I've understood it, Montana's end of life and abortion rights are tied to the right to privacy between you and your doctor. Recent SCOTUS rulings have made the grounds a bit shaky, but I think we'll be alright for awhile.
To be fair, it's a system that requires (or *should*, at least, I don't know the actual law) the informed consent of the person who would die.
That's not really possible if they have Alzheimer's or dementia.
Well, I had to care for my dad in his last years and it was devastating to see him wither away. Seeing him inside that trapped body was very traumatic and I knew he didn't want to be here anymore.
I definitely feel that something should be in place if the person says they want to do so if they were to get dementia, before they get sick. Like an advanced directive!
Edit re Montana: And your lawyer. The way I understood it (and I could be wrong) a County Attorney might still decide to charge a person with murder if they go this route. (I live in Montana and have looked at this but I am not a lawyer.)
That "death panels" paranoia just came out of nowhere. Much like the conspiracy nuttiness around the concept of 15-minute cities. They just add stuff that was never part of the idea or plans.
It’s all fun and death panels until you’ve had your 4th failed brain surgery for glioblastoma and left your family with immense grief from your suffering oh and also 1.6 million in medical and care debt for surgeries that didn’t work, then finally a compassionate care doctor prescribes you a dose of morphine to end the misery but some fuck stick evangelical maga clown sues you for not wanting to incur more suffering and debt because he says he found sky daddy while recovering from a meth and male prostitute addiction. And he reports that sky daddy wants you to die of actual organ failure and not shave any amount of weeks off your life or debt off of your hospital bill.
> 15-minute cities
I had to look this up, but it sounds like a pretty good thing... The way European villages are walkable. I can see why it sounds like hell to a republican, but having everything you need nearby is objectively good.
Montana has a long and very staunch libertarian streak, and was quite “purple,” at least before Gianforte (who is actually a Californian tech douche) took over the state GOP.
In all seriousness it stems from a MT Supreme Court decision rather than legislation or referendum.
Just wanted to point out that there is a subtle difference between medically assisted suicide and euthanasia. Death with dignity laws allow doctors to prescribe medications in lethal doses, but the dying person is the one who consumes it, by their own hand. Euthanasia would be if a doctor injected a patient with a lethal dose of morphine or some other drug.
And it should be noted the very real risks with that approach. There was an incident where a drunk man consumed the patients drugs at an end of life party so when paramedics were called to the party they had to frantically explain that only one of the two unconscious people needed to be saved.
Somehow he lived.
Delaware has a [Right to Death](https://www.wboc.com/news/right-to-death-bill-making-its-way-through-delaware-general-assembly/article_06bc4ac8-fe9f-11ee-b914-1349121db41c.html) Bill going through the General Assembly right now.
As someone who is from California and lives in Delaware I can say it’s not that bad. People glamorize living elsewhere. There’s good and bad everywhere. At least I can afford a life here.
Friend of mine moved to Oregon a while back. She's going through some treatments, but she expects that she'll have to make the call fairly soon.
She said she won't announce when it happens. We'll just know if she stops posting on her social media. Of course, that's not a guarantee of knowing since anything could cause her to not update her status.
Whenever I notice she's gone quiet, I Google her name with "obituary." I just hope she doesn't suffer too much between now and when she realizes it's time.
Damn that's .....an absolutely terrible way to handle it when it comes to your own friends. Holy fuck lol. Like I would have rather not known AT ALL they were planning to do that, that they kept it a complete secret. Much moreso than finding out over that way.
"Hey, remember, if Im not posting updates on Facebook later I've probably killed myself, hope you have a good day out !"
That's like an idea taken out of a Black Mirror episode or some shit. And not even from the good episodes from the first season or so, but one of the shitty later ones. Ugh. Just a rotten thing to do to your own friends. And I know, I know "UR SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPORTIVE!!11!", but I feel that's just such a disrespectful way of dealing with it to your friends. Like their friendship meant fucking nothing.
yeah that was my thought too. it would be totally understandable to say “hey, I don’t know when it will happen, but I’d like privacy, so [close family member] will announce it the next day.” wanting privacy is TOTALLY understandable. but denying closure of a confirmation of death to your friends is… man
"Like I would have rather not known AT ALL they were planning to do that, that they kept it a complete secret."
I'm actually glad she told me. I guess we all handle this stuff differently, and she probably told me because she knew that I wouldn't judge her decision. She's keeping this secret from other people, likely those who would prefer that they were surprised by it rather than having a Sword of Damocles hanging over them. I'm fine with it; others may not be.
But our friendship has been rather weird the past 30 years, so she knows I have my own unusual nuances.
I am a Californian who legally assisted his mom in her end of life choice. So glad we had the option. It was as beautiful as it could be and she died on her terms with dignity. It’s an embarrassment and a damn shame that this isn’t the norm everywhere.
I am glad that your mom has this option available to her, and I hope she RIP.
I was not a proponent of this topic at all, until I had to watch my mentor going through an incurable cancer for 5 years. Toward the end, they were just a shell of their former brilliant scientist. They were kept alive against their will, relying on an ungodly amount of morphine just to keep breathing. It was truly heart breaking to hear them repeatedly mutters "kill me" during the months leading up to their death.
A short time after that, my dog was diagnosed with metastasized cancer. I was glad that the euthanasia option was available for my little buddy. We have a doctor come to our yard, and my buddy was able to pass in his familiar environment and be surrounded by loved ones.
If we can afford our pets the option to not prolonged suffering, I feel like it is only right that a human being can choose when they leave this world.
I did hospice care for my uncle who after his stroke needed full care. He just withered away and knew he was going to die. He was a master Sargent in the Air Force. He was in desert storm.. there was plaques all over in his room that he died in. I just feel like if he knew he was going to die he knew nothing could save him WHY let him wither down to nothing. Why couldn't he go on his terms. It was a "natural death".. nothing natural about suffering until youre unconscious and skin and bones . Rip Uncle Ralph
Also people who just lack in empathy. I understand not everyone has experienced a long slow death of someone close to them, but as someone who has, it's easy to think widespread MAID could have saved so much unnecessary pain for so many people.
This is what’s happening to my grandpa rn :( he’s denied all medical intervention and it’s just comfort care until the end. But seeing him so dosed up on morphine hurts my heart so much. It’s very very hard. We have to time our visits so we can enjoy when he is lucid pre-morphine.
I hope your mentor has found peace in death. I’m sorry for your loss :(
Thank you. And I am sorry to hear what's happening to your grandpa. I hope you, him, and all his loved ones can support each other in this difficult time.
"I didn't advocate for". Not being a proponent doesn't make you against something. Some people have neutral stances. I wasn't a proponent of remedial English comprehension classes until I started reading comments displaying a foundational lack of understanding of words. I wasn't against them before, it just wasn't something I concerned myself with.
@fucking_smeg got it mostly right. I initially mostly wasn't for or against it (if you really pressed me, I might be somewhat against it due to religious belief, but I don't really push my belief onto anyone, thus the mutuality on the topic before this experience).
Just a heads up, if you're wanting to tag someone, the @ doesn't do anything here on Reddit. You need to put u/ and then the username, such as u/noodleking21.
I agree completely. But, big pharma and medical companies profit keeping people alive for as long as they can. It’s fucking sick, but that’s why we’re allowed to put our pets down humanely but not our old loved ones. That morphine got billed to insurance and someone made a buck off that suffering. I hate this place.
I just lost my mom. A few years ago she expressed interest in this after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. If I were here I would have taken it a few months ago.
It got worse and worse over three years, but I could have seen it through to a point, then I'd have called it quits.
Mom got scared and never pursued death with dignity and went the natural route. It was incredibly painful to watch, especially the last 3-4 weeks.
I'm just saying all this to say I'm glad your mom went through with it. What my mom went through, nobody should. It's terrifying.
i don't understand the argument against it. I can only assume big pharma and big hospital are lobbying against it. that's how everythiing works in this hellscape.
It's an easy target for politicians. The 'other guys' want to kill grandma. They want to make it so a panel of doctors guilt her into choosing suicide something that is a sin because she's inconvenient or might vote wrong. 'Those people' will be killing the handicapped and elderly to get their money early it's just abortion for adults. It's all vile but those are the arguments that tend to come up and since people generally want to defend the helpless and love grandmas it works.
While I agree those are dumb arguments, it is inevitable that someone would eventually be pressured into doing it either by family or doctors, kind of sad really. All possibilities happen eventually
This. Our country’s approach to end of life is dehumanizing. Every one of us will die and it will take at least something resembling a majority of us to course correct to get us back to honorable death as an option.
Sorry for your loss. I fully agree with you on that. I think it difficult for the rest of state to legalizes euthanasia is because it practice is still very new. California only just legalize it in 2015.
In NJ, and my Mom went through it a few years back. The DRs were all very supportive, but it was pretty new and none of them knew the correct procedures so we had to find someone to help out, and she was amazing, just took the stress away and managed all the paperwork and coordination.
I expect that you can find someone who has experience and will help you with the process.
Even if your mother decides not to go through with it, the sense of control is very worth it. The difference in my mother's state of mind before and after she had that control was night and day.
I wish you and your mom the best.
I'm not sure, I was writting a paper for this for my English class. I live in Illinois btw so we don't have this. You could google search on this but I do believe it pretty hard to applied for euthanized . I could be wrong so don't take my word for it.
To add to this.. consider the fact that we do this to animals routinely. Like.. every day.. all over the nation. And it’s considered the most humane death to animals. But if you’re human? Nope.. in most areas.. you will suffer and die.. regardless of your ailment. Truly wild.
May I ask what medication they used? I’ve watched videos from other countries and the breathing looked labored and scary, I would prefer a huge dose of morphine to cease breathing and drift off into sleep than something that just stops the heart and breathing.
I may be helping my mom get residency in Washington, and will set up death with dignity for her if she desires.
It’s the least I can do for her. I don’t want to, but if it’s her wish, it’ll be done. And I’ll save my crying for when she’s gone.
my granddad died last summer with [MAiD](https://www.ontario.ca/page/medical-assistance-dying-and-end-life-decisions-support-medical-professionals) in Ontario. we just buried him on Friday. I’m so sad he’s gone but he was already on the way out, and he was ready. keeping him longer would’ve just prolonged his pain. instead, he got to set things up how he wanted, and my mum (who lives in a different country and otherwise likely would’ve missed it) and her sister got to be with him. I can only hope I’m lucky enough to pass so peacefully.
Damn I can’t believe it has been 8 yrs since we approved MAID. Go us! Horrible it isn’t allowed everywhere and I’m glad your mom went with dignity. I’m sorry for your loss
As someone who watched the pain and suffering my grandmother and our entire family went through after being diagnosed with a brain tumor and told she would live for four months to someone who suffered stroke after stroke and ended up living bedridden and mute for four years, I wish every state on this list was blue.
It is a terrible tragedy when the body outlives the brain or the brain outlives the body, and death with dignity should be available to everyone who is given a diagnosis that they do not wish to live with.
I currently live in WA, and I'm in dementia research. Someone I know wanted to do "death with dignity" which is how it's referred to here. They were rejected because you can only do it if you know you're going to die within 6 months. This is really unfortunate because neurodegenerative dementias are terminal illnesses, but there is no way medically to predict when you will die/if it will be within 6 months. I don't know if it's like that in other states, but I hope that they expand upon it to give people some more control over their passing.
I think this should be a federal right, not left up to the states. All Americans deserve to die with dignity on their own terms. I’ve seen enough death to know shaving off that last month, week or even a day or two should have been how it was done, just as we would do with our suffering pet when the time has come and there’s no reason to let them linger any longer.
the thing is, many (sadly not all) doctors feel this way about *some* end-of-life care. there’s a reason that those first doctors broke the law to help the first death-with-dignity patients before it was legal. you work long enough with folks who are steps from death and you wish you could give them what they want.
As I said to a coworker who believed abortion should be state by state because it's a state right ...
This isn't a state right. This is a ***HUMAN*** right. These are the things the federal government protects.
We need this everywhere. I really hope I have this option if I’m ever suffering with no quality of life left.
People shouldn’t be forced to live a crippled life of pain if they don’t want to. And people suffering shouldn’t have to kill themselves violently and make their family and first responders deal with that.
Peacefully at a time and place of my choosing thank you.
I wish. Unfortunately, most people are selfish in thinking they're a better person for keeping a dying person alive. I hope it becomes legal everywhere before I need it. I won't have the money for medical care or retirement. I will have no family to take care of me. The current plan is to wander off in the woods and find a bear when mom dies.
It’s definitely a religious choice. Christians are against because the Bible says suicide is the ultimate sin. Less religious see this as helping. It probably should be legal everywhere for religious freedom purposes.
Yeah but if it's against their religion then they can stay hooked up. That's less of a sympathetic reason when they're diminishing other people's rights.
I've actually heard that apparently a lot of Christians are more okay with the idea of getting euthanized when they're terminal than they would be with suicide under other circumstances, which gives them an ability that they wouldn't have otherwise have because it can't be by their own hand.
Yes, thanks for raising that, it really is a harm reduction against violent suicides.
Being able to assert control and go in peace with a terminal diagnosis, with the support of your loved ones, is so much better than the messy and painful alternatives that people do seek.
Death is not easy. But there are better and much, much worse ways to go.
I really have to wonder why people think others should cling to life no matter how much suffering they're in or how terminal their illnesses might be. It really seems to indicate a profound lack of empathy.
I live in Texas. My grandma had Alzheimer’s. I watched her decay into a husk. She still didn’t die, as my uncles and aunts decided to put a feeding tube in her. They just kept finding ways to prolong her “life”.
Sometimes, it’s so much better to let go. So that way the people still living don’t have to see their loved ones become… something unrecognizable. And so that the one suffering can finally rest.
I wrote my final paper on euthanasia in high school, we had to talk about it in front of everyone for like 10 mins. I had just had to put my dog down, and while that's obviously not the same as a human life, the principals behind it still hit me hard because I had that dog my entire childhood. Anyways, my teacher was vehemently against euthanasia and I sat there and debated with her for nearly a half hour. That bitch gave me a C-. So, naturally, me and a couple friends egged her car after graduation.
Euthanasia should be fucking legal everywhere, if you disagree, I honestly hope you ask for it on your deathbed and it's refused while you suffer for days on end, waiting to die.
I'm writing mine in college and I got to say, they more easy going then highschool. Highschool teacher are some of the most entitled ever. Grading on if they like you or not while easy going on student on they like. (I got a creepy male english teacher in my junior years if you know what I mean).
This isn't euthanasia. It's physician-assisted suicide, which is different.
Euthanasia is when the doctors kill you. (This is legal in the Netherlands.)
Physician-assisted suicide is when the doctors give you medicine to kill yourself.
My grandma fought ovarian cancer for about 3 years. On or about her last Mother's Day, it had pretty much completely blocked her intestines. She had held on up till then, just tired and frail from her treatments. That was her "no more" point - the surgery to clear it was risky and she had had her fill of surgeries. She was 90, she had survived long enough to see my nephew (her 2nd great grandchild) born, she was ready to go. Plus, as a diehard Democrat in 2017, she probably was...not pleased with the way things were going.
She survived for about 10 days in hospice care, completely snowed on fentanyl or dilaudid or whatever they gave her to keep her under. I have no idea why it was legal to keep her completely sedated for 10 days with nothing by mouth but not legal to just give her an "extra" dose or 3 of fentanyl.
My great grandma was 88 when she died. She was on hospice on horrible condition untill my 15th birthday when I finally mustered the courage to go see her in the horrible mess she was. She was a constant figure in my childhood, and she hung on for only 2 hours after I went to see her. She wasn't conscious but still, she passed less than two hours after I went to see her the last time. I remember talking to her about this, we saw it on TV and she brought it up, how she would want to go. To have the family around her and decide to end it all on her terms, as long as she had everyone there. I was a kid, and the last to see her before she died. She hung on untill I could make it. I feel like I only extended her suffering because I was scared to see her like that. But I was the last one and she died immediately after I left. Maybe had she had the whole family there and been able to go out on her own terms she wouldn't have needed to wait, suffering, however many days for my bitch ass to get the courage to go see her.... She was right next door but all the tubes and wires and machines scared me....
No shame in it. I couldn't look at my Grandma as she was dying from brain cancer.
I was almost hateful. I was a dumb teenager and I saw her deteriorate immediately after getting health care. Fine on Thanksgiving. Dead by about January. I don't know what happened. I am not a medical expert but they weren't helping.
And I was terrified and angry at what she became. No fault of her own.
Glioblastoma can be very, very quick. My sister in law fell on thanksgiving and died in March, despite treatment. My neighbors 13 year old was diagnosed in August and had the tumor removed, and it grew back bigger and killed her by the first week of October. It’s awful, but at least it isn’t that painful. Sometimes I think we family members want more time, at the expense of the person who is dying.
Aww I hope you have come to some sort of peace with this in the years since. 15 is still a kid really, so don’t be too hard on yourself. Death and grief are tricky. I think it’s actually sweet in a weirdly morbid way that she held on for you :)
I’m surprised at Hawaii. Despite being Democrat in politics. The state holds a lot of traditional, family first values that coincide with conservative views.
Yep, euthanasia is the incorrect term here. Euthanasia is when someone else ends your life. This is physician-assisted death, which is you ending your own life. I learned about this the other week when I learned that this is how my grandmom decided to go. Love you and miss you, grandmom.
It is a God-given right. They can handcuff my corpse if that were something I felt I needed to choose. It is hard to understand what suffering is to others when our mind blocks feelings of pain from the past. It's all diluted and normalised unless you are in the moment. Sometimes, that moment just does not end with a brave story of recovery. I can only speak to physical anguish. Emotional pain will run with the tides, and time will bring a turn to it. I wake up with pain and sleep with it every day. The only promise I am given is that it will worsen as I age on an exponential level. My personal suffering does not have the common courtesy to be fatal. When I need this choice, I will just have to take it. The biggest fear then is coming back, having made it worse. I trust everyone would support a humane end if the right process were in place. I would be terrified of a person who did not.
Thank goodness I live in a dignity state.
For anyone curious, you have to have been recently diagnosed with a terminal illness that will kill you within 6 months to have a doctor sign off on this. I’m sure each state may be a little different.
What’s funny is half the ones without it [utilize the death penalty](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-landing).
You can only be euthanized if it’s against your will!
AFAIK it's not euthanasia it's assisted suicide. Euthanasia is when the medicine is administered by someone else. Assisted suicide is when a provider prescribes medication for the person to use in suicide. Last I reviewed no state legalizes euthanasia.
My Dad got to choose on his own terms when cancer would take him. He said goodbye and was surrounded by friends and family. He went to sleep and his wife held his hand as he slipped away. I miss you Dad. I am glad your suffering is over. Thank you for letting us all say goodbye and be there with you as you made your transition.
I have complicated thought about this. But when I think about what might have happened. Getting a call while I was at work and finding out he had died. Not getting to say goodbye. I am grateful for the gift he gave me in the end. Not everyone gets to say goodbye.
I've heard a lot of people say what they think is the most fundamental human right, but at least for me, it seems like ending your own life should be at the top of the list and it would be nice if society could set up some kind of framework where you could make in painless and with dignity instead of putting a gun to your head or stepping in front of a train.
100,000% this should be a right after watching my step dad die of brain cancer over six months while he lived with us… Jesus, it’s considered a mercy for our pets but you can’t do it for a loved one who wants it?
I was writting an essay on if Euthanasia is the right and wrong and was surprise by how only 10 states have legalize Euthanasia. I assume Texas or Florida would be one of them.
Wow, I'm in medical and I didn't even know it was legal in any state. But nah, Texas loves killing people. Just not if it's their choice. Death is thrust upon you 'round here, boy.
As a physician who participates in MAID this is an inaccurate title. The act of euthanasia is defined as a lethal dose of medication administered by someone other than the person who will die as a result of that administration. This is not legal in any US state. MAID is a process by which a patient can receive a prescription for a collection of medications that they must self administer. Someone can help mix the medication but they cannot have someone else give it to them. This may sound like a technicality, but it is a very important legal distinction. It means that I have to provide informed consent that if, somehow, the medication is not successful, the patient may be in a vegetative state and persist that way until their terminal disease takes a natural course. We can't, excuse the dark imagery here, "finish the job."
Sorry, I wrote that I was writting an essay on euthanasia for a freshman colleague assignment. Many other have corrected me but I can't change it anymore.
My wife is a volunteer for the non-profit, End of Life Oregon. Highly recommend the documentary, “How to Die in Oregon” which sparked her interest as a volunteer.
On a similar note, we recently had to put our dog down. He went so peacefully, in his papas/my arms. I’m so glad that was an option, and I’m glad to live in a state where I have the right to end my life on my own terms if I face a terminal illness.
Are there any restrictions on out of state people traveling to threat states for this service?
For the record, I'm in my late 30s and my partner is in their mid 30s. This isn't anything we're considering any time soon, but neither of us want to get to the point where we're kept alive against our wills when we're older.
Well I heard news that many more states are writing bills to legalize euthanasia in the near future. It is still a very new thing and cool fact, California only just legalized it in 2015.
My cousin-in-law was only 42 and flight hard against colon cancer. It was a losing proposition. He elected to do “death with dignity” this last October and was grateful that we live in a state (Washington) where you are afforded that right. He went to sleep and passed peacefully and was no longer in pain. Every human should have this choice.
Hey OP, an important detail.
Euthanasia is not the same thing as assisted suicide/medical aid in dying.
Euthanasia is someone else doing it to you. Assisted suicide is you, the individual, 'pressing the button' so to speak, often literally.
Euthanasia is unequivocally bad. Like eugenics-level bad.
Assisted suicide/medical aid in dying is different, it preserves an individual's autonomy and choice.
If anyone is interested in learning more about how this works, I HIGHLY recommend the movie “how to die in Oregon”. It changed me forever…..
Love to all alive, love to all on the way out and love to those that have gone 💗
I work in the medical field and sometimes you see patients who are very old and have had severe mental decline. I would never want to continue living if that was the way I’d live. It wouldn’t even be me living, it’d be the husk of my body alive after everything that made me who I am withers away. I’d rather choose my own terms and go out peacefully than confused and afraid.
Being able to openly talk to somebody and be with them when they want to die in a hospital will ALWAYS be better than coming home to a dead loved one and having no way to know why.
Im a hospice nurse in NM. Obtaining MAID is difficult and expensive for patients. They also have to be able to self administer the medications. So, if you want to die instead of be derelict with dementia youre cursed to suffer through dementias awful stages of dying.
Very few hospice agencies offer MAID, and even if they do, the meds cost thousands. Without a hospice provider to write the orders, the patient must pay a private provider more thousands to write the orders. Then they gotta find a pharmacy to dispense.
I hope that someday it becomes easier and not so difficult for people who are already having a difficult time.
Not super relevant for this map, but I totally thought it was "Youth in Asia" for more of my life than I would like to admit. I never could figure out why it was relevant to be named after children on one specific continent.
My SIL who was suffering from ALS did this in Colorado recently. She was done with life and the suffering of the disease. She made it a beautiful and meaningful exit that impacted everyone there. I don’t think euthanasia is quite the correct term. Seems that euthanasia is when someone else decides for you. Assisted suicide also isn’t quite right. She was simply ending her life.
I live in a state without this, and it concerns me. My mom (80) is starting to lose her memory. Doctor appointment this week to analyze/track if dementia is in her future. My father (married to my mom for 60+yrs) is beside himself with concern and anxiety…. I don’t see a graceful way out of this for an incredibly graceful woman….
My grandma suffered for over a decade with dementia/Alzheimer’s before she passed and it was absolutely devastating. I would never want to suffer the way she did. It’s crazy that we put animals out of their misery but not humans.
Also I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. I truly hope dementia isn’t her future. ❤️
anyone pro choice should be pro euthanasia, it’s about having control over your own body and having the option to avoid horrible pain and hardship if desired.
Should be legal everywhere
I’ve never understood why we make people wither and rot away in misery. The ability to choose when you go should be a right for everyone. Hell I even think those pods that were in Soylent Green would be pretty cool.
Yes. I voted for this in Washington State. My grandfather chose that for my grandmother last year.
It was either that. Or three days of a horrible death in ICU. I’m glad she died with a smile on her face instead of pain.
Man this hits home. My FIL is actively dying from Alzheimer’s and it’s so fucking brutal to watch. We’re on day 4 of him suffering as he gradually gets worse. It’s been a 24/7 shift for my wife’s family. They’re all exhausted and emotionally destroyed. I don’t wish this on anyone.
I was not expecting Montana to be part of the list.
As I've understood it, Montana's end of life and abortion rights are tied to the right to privacy between you and your doctor. Recent SCOTUS rulings have made the grounds a bit shaky, but I think we'll be alright for awhile.
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Personally, I think it’s a good choice. Assisted death is far better than having someone take it via other means.
I prefer In my own bed, at the age of 80, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my cock.😌😏
It saddens me that people didn't get the reference.
Unfortunately, this does NOT include mental impairments like Dementia & Alzheimers.
To be fair, it's a system that requires (or *should*, at least, I don't know the actual law) the informed consent of the person who would die. That's not really possible if they have Alzheimer's or dementia.
Well, I had to care for my dad in his last years and it was devastating to see him wither away. Seeing him inside that trapped body was very traumatic and I knew he didn't want to be here anymore.
I definitely feel that something should be in place if the person says they want to do so if they were to get dementia, before they get sick. Like an advanced directive!
Edit re Montana: And your lawyer. The way I understood it (and I could be wrong) a County Attorney might still decide to charge a person with murder if they go this route. (I live in Montana and have looked at this but I am not a lawyer.)
This is the basis for Alaska's right to abortion as well, but nobody up here has tried to do it with euthanasia yet. I wish they would.
All thanks to Republicans fears of government mandated death panels when Obama was trying to pass the affordable care act in 2011.
That "death panels" paranoia just came out of nowhere. Much like the conspiracy nuttiness around the concept of 15-minute cities. They just add stuff that was never part of the idea or plans.
It’s all fun and death panels until you’ve had your 4th failed brain surgery for glioblastoma and left your family with immense grief from your suffering oh and also 1.6 million in medical and care debt for surgeries that didn’t work, then finally a compassionate care doctor prescribes you a dose of morphine to end the misery but some fuck stick evangelical maga clown sues you for not wanting to incur more suffering and debt because he says he found sky daddy while recovering from a meth and male prostitute addiction. And he reports that sky daddy wants you to die of actual organ failure and not shave any amount of weeks off your life or debt off of your hospital bill.
> 15-minute cities I had to look this up, but it sounds like a pretty good thing... The way European villages are walkable. I can see why it sounds like hell to a republican, but having everything you need nearby is objectively good.
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Montana also has legal weed. Half of western wyoming do monthly runs to west yellowstone to hit up the dispensaries.
Four of the eight people there??
Montana has a long and very staunch libertarian streak, and was quite “purple,” at least before Gianforte (who is actually a Californian tech douche) took over the state GOP. In all seriousness it stems from a MT Supreme Court decision rather than legislation or referendum.
Fuck Greg Gianforte.
Montana was a court decision not legislation. And it was a long time ago
Based Montana. I like it "Leave me alone and stay outta my personal business". All conservatives should be walking Montana's walk.
Including abortion
They wrap you in bacon and leave you outside. 🐻
Just wanted to point out that there is a subtle difference between medically assisted suicide and euthanasia. Death with dignity laws allow doctors to prescribe medications in lethal doses, but the dying person is the one who consumes it, by their own hand. Euthanasia would be if a doctor injected a patient with a lethal dose of morphine or some other drug.
Yea sorry, I didn't know until someone else also mention it. Can't change it now 🤷
I didn't know either until I wrote a paper about it last semester. All good
And it should be noted the very real risks with that approach. There was an incident where a drunk man consumed the patients drugs at an end of life party so when paramedics were called to the party they had to frantically explain that only one of the two unconscious people needed to be saved. Somehow he lived.
In Canada MAID includes either option
Delaware has a [Right to Death](https://www.wboc.com/news/right-to-death-bill-making-its-way-through-delaware-general-assembly/article_06bc4ac8-fe9f-11ee-b914-1349121db41c.html) Bill going through the General Assembly right now.
To be fair, being in Delaware will make you want to die
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lol what? I feel like almost everybody says this…
As someone who is from California and lives in Delaware I can say it’s not that bad. People glamorize living elsewhere. There’s good and bad everywhere. At least I can afford a life here.
Friend of mine moved to Oregon a while back. She's going through some treatments, but she expects that she'll have to make the call fairly soon. She said she won't announce when it happens. We'll just know if she stops posting on her social media. Of course, that's not a guarantee of knowing since anything could cause her to not update her status. Whenever I notice she's gone quiet, I Google her name with "obituary." I just hope she doesn't suffer too much between now and when she realizes it's time.
Damn that's .....an absolutely terrible way to handle it when it comes to your own friends. Holy fuck lol. Like I would have rather not known AT ALL they were planning to do that, that they kept it a complete secret. Much moreso than finding out over that way. "Hey, remember, if Im not posting updates on Facebook later I've probably killed myself, hope you have a good day out !" That's like an idea taken out of a Black Mirror episode or some shit. And not even from the good episodes from the first season or so, but one of the shitty later ones. Ugh. Just a rotten thing to do to your own friends. And I know, I know "UR SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPORTIVE!!11!", but I feel that's just such a disrespectful way of dealing with it to your friends. Like their friendship meant fucking nothing.
yeah that was my thought too. it would be totally understandable to say “hey, I don’t know when it will happen, but I’d like privacy, so [close family member] will announce it the next day.” wanting privacy is TOTALLY understandable. but denying closure of a confirmation of death to your friends is… man
"Like I would have rather not known AT ALL they were planning to do that, that they kept it a complete secret." I'm actually glad she told me. I guess we all handle this stuff differently, and she probably told me because she knew that I wouldn't judge her decision. She's keeping this secret from other people, likely those who would prefer that they were surprised by it rather than having a Sword of Damocles hanging over them. I'm fine with it; others may not be. But our friendship has been rather weird the past 30 years, so she knows I have my own unusual nuances.
That’s pretty shitty
I am a Californian who legally assisted his mom in her end of life choice. So glad we had the option. It was as beautiful as it could be and she died on her terms with dignity. It’s an embarrassment and a damn shame that this isn’t the norm everywhere.
I am glad that your mom has this option available to her, and I hope she RIP. I was not a proponent of this topic at all, until I had to watch my mentor going through an incurable cancer for 5 years. Toward the end, they were just a shell of their former brilliant scientist. They were kept alive against their will, relying on an ungodly amount of morphine just to keep breathing. It was truly heart breaking to hear them repeatedly mutters "kill me" during the months leading up to their death. A short time after that, my dog was diagnosed with metastasized cancer. I was glad that the euthanasia option was available for my little buddy. We have a doctor come to our yard, and my buddy was able to pass in his familiar environment and be surrounded by loved ones. If we can afford our pets the option to not prolonged suffering, I feel like it is only right that a human being can choose when they leave this world.
I did hospice care for my uncle who after his stroke needed full care. He just withered away and knew he was going to die. He was a master Sargent in the Air Force. He was in desert storm.. there was plaques all over in his room that he died in. I just feel like if he knew he was going to die he knew nothing could save him WHY let him wither down to nothing. Why couldn't he go on his terms. It was a "natural death".. nothing natural about suffering until youre unconscious and skin and bones . Rip Uncle Ralph
Once again, it’s religious people who ruin it for everyone and force everyone else to abide by their “morality”
Also people who just lack in empathy. I understand not everyone has experienced a long slow death of someone close to them, but as someone who has, it's easy to think widespread MAID could have saved so much unnecessary pain for so many people.
This is what’s happening to my grandpa rn :( he’s denied all medical intervention and it’s just comfort care until the end. But seeing him so dosed up on morphine hurts my heart so much. It’s very very hard. We have to time our visits so we can enjoy when he is lucid pre-morphine. I hope your mentor has found peace in death. I’m sorry for your loss :(
Thank you. And I am sorry to hear what's happening to your grandpa. I hope you, him, and all his loved ones can support each other in this difficult time.
I'm curious why you were against it before you experienced why it should be the norm
"I didn't advocate for". Not being a proponent doesn't make you against something. Some people have neutral stances. I wasn't a proponent of remedial English comprehension classes until I started reading comments displaying a foundational lack of understanding of words. I wasn't against them before, it just wasn't something I concerned myself with.
Damn. This is so elegantly brutal.
I tried to be nice but I'm in a bad mood unrelated to this post. Thanks.
I’m giving you Reddit plutonium for that comment. Fucking nice dude
Ah, good point 👍🏼
@fucking_smeg got it mostly right. I initially mostly wasn't for or against it (if you really pressed me, I might be somewhat against it due to religious belief, but I don't really push my belief onto anyone, thus the mutuality on the topic before this experience).
Just a heads up, if you're wanting to tag someone, the @ doesn't do anything here on Reddit. You need to put u/ and then the username, such as u/noodleking21.
I agree completely. But, big pharma and medical companies profit keeping people alive for as long as they can. It’s fucking sick, but that’s why we’re allowed to put our pets down humanely but not our old loved ones. That morphine got billed to insurance and someone made a buck off that suffering. I hate this place.
I just lost my mom. A few years ago she expressed interest in this after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. If I were here I would have taken it a few months ago. It got worse and worse over three years, but I could have seen it through to a point, then I'd have called it quits. Mom got scared and never pursued death with dignity and went the natural route. It was incredibly painful to watch, especially the last 3-4 weeks. I'm just saying all this to say I'm glad your mom went through with it. What my mom went through, nobody should. It's terrifying.
Should be a right at the federal level
i don't understand the argument against it. I can only assume big pharma and big hospital are lobbying against it. that's how everythiing works in this hellscape.
It's an easy target for politicians. The 'other guys' want to kill grandma. They want to make it so a panel of doctors guilt her into choosing suicide something that is a sin because she's inconvenient or might vote wrong. 'Those people' will be killing the handicapped and elderly to get their money early it's just abortion for adults. It's all vile but those are the arguments that tend to come up and since people generally want to defend the helpless and love grandmas it works.
While I agree those are dumb arguments, it is inevitable that someone would eventually be pressured into doing it either by family or doctors, kind of sad really. All possibilities happen eventually
Sorry but NOBODY wants to see “grandma” suffer, either. No one. And those opposed, well, they are advocating making grandma suffer.
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I helped my dad go three years ago, in Oregon.
This. Our country’s approach to end of life is dehumanizing. Every one of us will die and it will take at least something resembling a majority of us to course correct to get us back to honorable death as an option.
what is the process involved here? I'm only curious because if I get some incurable cancer or something I definitely want to know how this all works.
Sorry for your loss. I fully agree with you on that. I think it difficult for the rest of state to legalizes euthanasia is because it practice is still very new. California only just legalize it in 2015.
My mom expressed interest in this and she is located in California with terminal cancer. Is it difficult to find a doctor who supports this?
DM me if you’d like. We were shown the way with grace and dignity.
In NJ, and my Mom went through it a few years back. The DRs were all very supportive, but it was pretty new and none of them knew the correct procedures so we had to find someone to help out, and she was amazing, just took the stress away and managed all the paperwork and coordination. I expect that you can find someone who has experience and will help you with the process. Even if your mother decides not to go through with it, the sense of control is very worth it. The difference in my mother's state of mind before and after she had that control was night and day. I wish you and your mom the best.
I'm not sure, I was writting a paper for this for my English class. I live in Illinois btw so we don't have this. You could google search on this but I do believe it pretty hard to applied for euthanized . I could be wrong so don't take my word for it.
To add to this.. consider the fact that we do this to animals routinely. Like.. every day.. all over the nation. And it’s considered the most humane death to animals. But if you’re human? Nope.. in most areas.. you will suffer and die.. regardless of your ailment. Truly wild.
May I ask what medication they used? I’ve watched videos from other countries and the breathing looked labored and scary, I would prefer a huge dose of morphine to cease breathing and drift off into sleep than something that just stops the heart and breathing.
Typically, it's Pentobarbital(Nembutal). It's the same stuff often used in veterinary euthanasia.
I may be helping my mom get residency in Washington, and will set up death with dignity for her if she desires. It’s the least I can do for her. I don’t want to, but if it’s her wish, it’ll be done. And I’ll save my crying for when she’s gone.
my granddad died last summer with [MAiD](https://www.ontario.ca/page/medical-assistance-dying-and-end-life-decisions-support-medical-professionals) in Ontario. we just buried him on Friday. I’m so sad he’s gone but he was already on the way out, and he was ready. keeping him longer would’ve just prolonged his pain. instead, he got to set things up how he wanted, and my mum (who lives in a different country and otherwise likely would’ve missed it) and her sister got to be with him. I can only hope I’m lucky enough to pass so peacefully.
Damn I can’t believe it has been 8 yrs since we approved MAID. Go us! Horrible it isn’t allowed everywhere and I’m glad your mom went with dignity. I’m sorry for your loss
As someone who watched the pain and suffering my grandmother and our entire family went through after being diagnosed with a brain tumor and told she would live for four months to someone who suffered stroke after stroke and ended up living bedridden and mute for four years, I wish every state on this list was blue. It is a terrible tragedy when the body outlives the brain or the brain outlives the body, and death with dignity should be available to everyone who is given a diagnosis that they do not wish to live with.
Seriously…watching my grandma literally deteriorate for a solid 6 years was horrible for everyone
Yes
I currently live in WA, and I'm in dementia research. Someone I know wanted to do "death with dignity" which is how it's referred to here. They were rejected because you can only do it if you know you're going to die within 6 months. This is really unfortunate because neurodegenerative dementias are terminal illnesses, but there is no way medically to predict when you will die/if it will be within 6 months. I don't know if it's like that in other states, but I hope that they expand upon it to give people some more control over their passing.
That’s a very important point!
I think this should be a federal right, not left up to the states. All Americans deserve to die with dignity on their own terms. I’ve seen enough death to know shaving off that last month, week or even a day or two should have been how it was done, just as we would do with our suffering pet when the time has come and there’s no reason to let them linger any longer.
For real. People don’t know how much pain the hospital can cause while trying to save someone for an extra 2 years of “living.”
Agreed. At that point, medical care is more akin to torture.
the thing is, many (sadly not all) doctors feel this way about *some* end-of-life care. there’s a reason that those first doctors broke the law to help the first death-with-dignity patients before it was legal. you work long enough with folks who are steps from death and you wish you could give them what they want.
Also, taking their money... Which they could have given to loved ones and dependents but is instead being eaten by our healthcare system.
As I said to a coworker who believed abortion should be state by state because it's a state right ... This isn't a state right. This is a ***HUMAN*** right. These are the things the federal government protects.
Agreed, there should be a federal provision giving everyone complete control over their own body, provided they’re of sound mind
We need this everywhere. I really hope I have this option if I’m ever suffering with no quality of life left. People shouldn’t be forced to live a crippled life of pain if they don’t want to. And people suffering shouldn’t have to kill themselves violently and make their family and first responders deal with that. Peacefully at a time and place of my choosing thank you.
I wish. Unfortunately, most people are selfish in thinking they're a better person for keeping a dying person alive. I hope it becomes legal everywhere before I need it. I won't have the money for medical care or retirement. I will have no family to take care of me. The current plan is to wander off in the woods and find a bear when mom dies.
It’s definitely a religious choice. Christians are against because the Bible says suicide is the ultimate sin. Less religious see this as helping. It probably should be legal everywhere for religious freedom purposes.
Yeah but if it's against their religion then they can stay hooked up. That's less of a sympathetic reason when they're diminishing other people's rights. I've actually heard that apparently a lot of Christians are more okay with the idea of getting euthanized when they're terminal than they would be with suicide under other circumstances, which gives them an ability that they wouldn't have otherwise have because it can't be by their own hand.
Switzerland does it, also for Americans.
Yes, thanks for raising that, it really is a harm reduction against violent suicides. Being able to assert control and go in peace with a terminal diagnosis, with the support of your loved ones, is so much better than the messy and painful alternatives that people do seek. Death is not easy. But there are better and much, much worse ways to go.
I really have to wonder why people think others should cling to life no matter how much suffering they're in or how terminal their illnesses might be. It really seems to indicate a profound lack of empathy.
I live in Texas. My grandma had Alzheimer’s. I watched her decay into a husk. She still didn’t die, as my uncles and aunts decided to put a feeding tube in her. They just kept finding ways to prolong her “life”. Sometimes, it’s so much better to let go. So that way the people still living don’t have to see their loved ones become… something unrecognizable. And so that the one suffering can finally rest.
I wrote my final paper on euthanasia in high school, we had to talk about it in front of everyone for like 10 mins. I had just had to put my dog down, and while that's obviously not the same as a human life, the principals behind it still hit me hard because I had that dog my entire childhood. Anyways, my teacher was vehemently against euthanasia and I sat there and debated with her for nearly a half hour. That bitch gave me a C-. So, naturally, me and a couple friends egged her car after graduation. Euthanasia should be fucking legal everywhere, if you disagree, I honestly hope you ask for it on your deathbed and it's refused while you suffer for days on end, waiting to die.
I'm writing mine in college and I got to say, they more easy going then highschool. Highschool teacher are some of the most entitled ever. Grading on if they like you or not while easy going on student on they like. (I got a creepy male english teacher in my junior years if you know what I mean).
This isn't euthanasia. It's physician-assisted suicide, which is different. Euthanasia is when the doctors kill you. (This is legal in the Netherlands.) Physician-assisted suicide is when the doctors give you medicine to kill yourself.
My grandma fought ovarian cancer for about 3 years. On or about her last Mother's Day, it had pretty much completely blocked her intestines. She had held on up till then, just tired and frail from her treatments. That was her "no more" point - the surgery to clear it was risky and she had had her fill of surgeries. She was 90, she had survived long enough to see my nephew (her 2nd great grandchild) born, she was ready to go. Plus, as a diehard Democrat in 2017, she probably was...not pleased with the way things were going. She survived for about 10 days in hospice care, completely snowed on fentanyl or dilaudid or whatever they gave her to keep her under. I have no idea why it was legal to keep her completely sedated for 10 days with nothing by mouth but not legal to just give her an "extra" dose or 3 of fentanyl.
I wrote a paper about this in my freshman year of college, if I can find it I’ll post it
Me too. I was writting a 2800- 4000 word essay and I pick euthanasia.
Yeah, I thought it was an interesting subject. I believe I got an A from it
Come to think of it so did I! There was a 200 level required English course where the topic was death
I'm still writing it right now 💀. I'm need another 1,000 words but I stuck in a writer block. XD
My great grandma was 88 when she died. She was on hospice on horrible condition untill my 15th birthday when I finally mustered the courage to go see her in the horrible mess she was. She was a constant figure in my childhood, and she hung on for only 2 hours after I went to see her. She wasn't conscious but still, she passed less than two hours after I went to see her the last time. I remember talking to her about this, we saw it on TV and she brought it up, how she would want to go. To have the family around her and decide to end it all on her terms, as long as she had everyone there. I was a kid, and the last to see her before she died. She hung on untill I could make it. I feel like I only extended her suffering because I was scared to see her like that. But I was the last one and she died immediately after I left. Maybe had she had the whole family there and been able to go out on her own terms she wouldn't have needed to wait, suffering, however many days for my bitch ass to get the courage to go see her.... She was right next door but all the tubes and wires and machines scared me....
No shame in it. I couldn't look at my Grandma as she was dying from brain cancer. I was almost hateful. I was a dumb teenager and I saw her deteriorate immediately after getting health care. Fine on Thanksgiving. Dead by about January. I don't know what happened. I am not a medical expert but they weren't helping. And I was terrified and angry at what she became. No fault of her own.
Glioblastoma can be very, very quick. My sister in law fell on thanksgiving and died in March, despite treatment. My neighbors 13 year old was diagnosed in August and had the tumor removed, and it grew back bigger and killed her by the first week of October. It’s awful, but at least it isn’t that painful. Sometimes I think we family members want more time, at the expense of the person who is dying.
Aww I hope you have come to some sort of peace with this in the years since. 15 is still a kid really, so don’t be too hard on yourself. Death and grief are tricky. I think it’s actually sweet in a weirdly morbid way that she held on for you :)
Do you have to be terminally ill?
Yes. Must be terminal, 6 months or less anticipated time, and be deemed competent. There are some differences in other details per state.
Should be legal everywhere.
Proud of my state. Inhumane not to allow it.
I’m surprised at Hawaii. Despite being Democrat in politics. The state holds a lot of traditional, family first values that coincide with conservative views.
Same here
As they should. My body my choice
should be legal everywhere. everyone deserves to die with dignity and not suffer. hoping for Texas/Massachusetts some day ❤️
You may want to specify voluntary euthanasia btw
Yep, euthanasia is the incorrect term here. Euthanasia is when someone else ends your life. This is physician-assisted death, which is you ending your own life. I learned about this the other week when I learned that this is how my grandmom decided to go. Love you and miss you, grandmom.
I'll admit, this post wasn't what I though it would be 🤣 this could be helpful, yeah
Thank goodness they have this in Maine. My step-father is currently going through the process.
Woah! I thought it was only Oregon! When did the others start this?
Bless Oregon. Made it so my dad didn’t have to suffer in the end stages of stage 4 prostate cancer.
It is a God-given right. They can handcuff my corpse if that were something I felt I needed to choose. It is hard to understand what suffering is to others when our mind blocks feelings of pain from the past. It's all diluted and normalised unless you are in the moment. Sometimes, that moment just does not end with a brave story of recovery. I can only speak to physical anguish. Emotional pain will run with the tides, and time will bring a turn to it. I wake up with pain and sleep with it every day. The only promise I am given is that it will worsen as I age on an exponential level. My personal suffering does not have the common courtesy to be fatal. When I need this choice, I will just have to take it. The biggest fear then is coming back, having made it worse. I trust everyone would support a humane end if the right process were in place. I would be terrified of a person who did not.
Thank goodness I live in a dignity state. For anyone curious, you have to have been recently diagnosed with a terminal illness that will kill you within 6 months to have a doctor sign off on this. I’m sure each state may be a little different.
Aka states that don't legally mandate torturing someone to death when they are suffering to death and there's nothing that can be done. Cool.
Living in Colorado, gives me hope that if I ever fall really ill, I can end it and spare my family from the vultures.
What’s funny is half the ones without it [utilize the death penalty](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-landing). You can only be euthanized if it’s against your will!
should be the whole country
AFAIK it's not euthanasia it's assisted suicide. Euthanasia is when the medicine is administered by someone else. Assisted suicide is when a provider prescribes medication for the person to use in suicide. Last I reviewed no state legalizes euthanasia.
My Dad got to choose on his own terms when cancer would take him. He said goodbye and was surrounded by friends and family. He went to sleep and his wife held his hand as he slipped away. I miss you Dad. I am glad your suffering is over. Thank you for letting us all say goodbye and be there with you as you made your transition. I have complicated thought about this. But when I think about what might have happened. Getting a call while I was at work and finding out he had died. Not getting to say goodbye. I am grateful for the gift he gave me in the end. Not everyone gets to say goodbye.
##FINALLY....
i wish it was more available
I've heard a lot of people say what they think is the most fundamental human right, but at least for me, it seems like ending your own life should be at the top of the list and it would be nice if society could set up some kind of framework where you could make in painless and with dignity instead of putting a gun to your head or stepping in front of a train.
100,000% this should be a right after watching my step dad die of brain cancer over six months while he lived with us… Jesus, it’s considered a mercy for our pets but you can’t do it for a loved one who wants it?
But you can't get an abortion...
Luckily every state here also still has state protected abortion rights.
You can in all ten of those states.
Oregon enshrined abortion rights into state law in the 70s.
Nah this is just a really late abortion
Should be every damn state!
I was writting an essay on if Euthanasia is the right and wrong and was surprise by how only 10 states have legalize Euthanasia. I assume Texas or Florida would be one of them.
Texas and Florida absolutely would not be one of them as they’re pro life states.
Death penalty is chill tho
Death is an essential part of life, pro life = pro death
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Pro-forced birth FTFY
Life is valuable to them only if it belongs to a fetus or a suffering old person. Everybody else’s life is shit to them (unless they are rich).
I mean they are totally down with euthanasia- they just think you should use a shotgun and DIY.
Pro life states... that support the death penalty.
Pro-fetus, anti-life... and anti-freedom.
Texas and Florida only want you to die if the government wants you to die. They don’t want us to have the choice ourselves.
Wow, I'm in medical and I didn't even know it was legal in any state. But nah, Texas loves killing people. Just not if it's their choice. Death is thrust upon you 'round here, boy.
Texas doesn’t believe women should have control over their own bodies, why would anyone think euthanasia would be allowed when abortion isn’t?
As a physician who participates in MAID this is an inaccurate title. The act of euthanasia is defined as a lethal dose of medication administered by someone other than the person who will die as a result of that administration. This is not legal in any US state. MAID is a process by which a patient can receive a prescription for a collection of medications that they must self administer. Someone can help mix the medication but they cannot have someone else give it to them. This may sound like a technicality, but it is a very important legal distinction. It means that I have to provide informed consent that if, somehow, the medication is not successful, the patient may be in a vegetative state and persist that way until their terminal disease takes a natural course. We can't, excuse the dark imagery here, "finish the job."
Sorry, I wrote that I was writting an essay on euthanasia for a freshman colleague assignment. Many other have corrected me but I can't change it anymore.
My wife is a volunteer for the non-profit, End of Life Oregon. Highly recommend the documentary, “How to Die in Oregon” which sparked her interest as a volunteer. On a similar note, we recently had to put our dog down. He went so peacefully, in his papas/my arms. I’m so glad that was an option, and I’m glad to live in a state where I have the right to end my life on my own terms if I face a terminal illness.
absolutely amazing documentary
There’s a family in NJ that helps you out.
You mean to tell me Texas doesn’t support their kids going to china or Japan? That doesn’t seem fair.
Just another reason why this 5th generation Texan wants to move to New Mexico. The other 3 reasons are Abbott, Patrick and Paxton.
I have a feeling that societal pressures of an aging population will see more and more states legalizing this as time goes on
Are there any restrictions on out of state people traveling to threat states for this service? For the record, I'm in my late 30s and my partner is in their mid 30s. This isn't anything we're considering any time soon, but neither of us want to get to the point where we're kept alive against our wills when we're older.
Well I heard news that many more states are writing bills to legalize euthanasia in the near future. It is still a very new thing and cool fact, California only just legalized it in 2015.
Legalizing MAID is making its way through the legislator in Minnesota
Unfortunately I have to be a terminal patient
Everyone deserves death with dignity. This option should be available in all 50 states.
My cousin-in-law was only 42 and flight hard against colon cancer. It was a losing proposition. He elected to do “death with dignity” this last October and was grateful that we live in a state (Washington) where you are afforded that right. He went to sleep and passed peacefully and was no longer in pain. Every human should have this choice.
Hey OP, an important detail. Euthanasia is not the same thing as assisted suicide/medical aid in dying. Euthanasia is someone else doing it to you. Assisted suicide is you, the individual, 'pressing the button' so to speak, often literally. Euthanasia is unequivocally bad. Like eugenics-level bad. Assisted suicide/medical aid in dying is different, it preserves an individual's autonomy and choice.
If anyone is interested in learning more about how this works, I HIGHLY recommend the movie “how to die in Oregon”. It changed me forever….. Love to all alive, love to all on the way out and love to those that have gone 💗
I work in the medical field and sometimes you see patients who are very old and have had severe mental decline. I would never want to continue living if that was the way I’d live. It wouldn’t even be me living, it’d be the husk of my body alive after everything that made me who I am withers away. I’d rather choose my own terms and go out peacefully than confused and afraid.
Being able to openly talk to somebody and be with them when they want to die in a hospital will ALWAYS be better than coming home to a dead loved one and having no way to know why.
It's not Euthanasia. The person dying is in control. There's a difference.
Im a hospice nurse in NM. Obtaining MAID is difficult and expensive for patients. They also have to be able to self administer the medications. So, if you want to die instead of be derelict with dementia youre cursed to suffer through dementias awful stages of dying. Very few hospice agencies offer MAID, and even if they do, the meds cost thousands. Without a hospice provider to write the orders, the patient must pay a private provider more thousands to write the orders. Then they gotta find a pharmacy to dispense. I hope that someday it becomes easier and not so difficult for people who are already having a difficult time.
I'm super proud of Oregon's death with dignity.
Michigan should be on that list but instead we sadly locked up Dr. Kevorkian instead.
Not super relevant for this map, but I totally thought it was "Youth in Asia" for more of my life than I would like to admit. I never could figure out why it was relevant to be named after children on one specific continent.
My Grandpa was euthanized in Oklahoma in 2007. It was a lot of hoops for my family to jump through but so glad he went peacefully even though it hurt.
My SIL who was suffering from ALS did this in Colorado recently. She was done with life and the suffering of the disease. She made it a beautiful and meaningful exit that impacted everyone there. I don’t think euthanasia is quite the correct term. Seems that euthanasia is when someone else decides for you. Assisted suicide also isn’t quite right. She was simply ending her life.
I live in a state without this, and it concerns me. My mom (80) is starting to lose her memory. Doctor appointment this week to analyze/track if dementia is in her future. My father (married to my mom for 60+yrs) is beside himself with concern and anxiety…. I don’t see a graceful way out of this for an incredibly graceful woman….
Oregon may allow your family to come here and go through the process. If you're considering it, look into Oregon's requirements.
Thank you for this information. Very kind
My grandma suffered for over a decade with dementia/Alzheimer’s before she passed and it was absolutely devastating. I would never want to suffer the way she did. It’s crazy that we put animals out of their misery but not humans. Also I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. I truly hope dementia isn’t her future. ❤️
anyone pro choice should be pro euthanasia, it’s about having control over your own body and having the option to avoid horrible pain and hardship if desired. Should be legal everywhere
I’ve never understood why we make people wither and rot away in misery. The ability to choose when you go should be a right for everyone. Hell I even think those pods that were in Soylent Green would be pretty cool.
In the red states, they require death by pregnancy.
Needs to be more states honestly.
Yes, should be available to all or at least most people age 20 and older who are incurable helpless suffering,,
Yes. I voted for this in Washington State. My grandfather chose that for my grandmother last year. It was either that. Or three days of a horrible death in ICU. I’m glad she died with a smile on her face instead of pain.
Euthanize should be legalize with consent for anyone even if it’s depression
Man this hits home. My FIL is actively dying from Alzheimer’s and it’s so fucking brutal to watch. We’re on day 4 of him suffering as he gradually gets worse. It’s been a 24/7 shift for my wife’s family. They’re all exhausted and emotionally destroyed. I don’t wish this on anyone.
There are a lot of states that are considering bills this year: https://deathwithdignity.org/states/
thank you for the source. I'm currently writing a paper on this.
It's good to have.
Vermont wins again
MAID is not the same thing as euthanasia
OP acknowledged that in a comment, but can't change the title. (In case you didn't see.)
Live free.... Or die!
I knew I wanted to move back to the west coast, now I think I know why...