There is a key question that the Death With Dignity Act presents us: Who owns our life? I like to think I own mine, and you own yours. Dr. Jane A. Driver appears to feel differently (“Doctors’ beef with Question 2 stems from fear for patients’ welfare,” Letters, Oct. 5).
Driver states that people who want to end their suffering have “terrible fear,” and that doctors can “help patients pass through the crisis that leads them to turn to suicide.” That’s quite impressive, but I’m sure not all doctors are miracle workers, and not all patients can make such a transition. Getting in their way are things such as intractable pain, unimaginable indignities, and utter despair.
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Ah! the indignity of death....it's almost human, but we've got a drug for that like we do for everything unpleasant in our lives. Let's go along with the Progressives and abort our babies, and euthanize our elderly and be done with it, the inconvenience of life is so, well, inconvenient.
It's a pity there isn't a drug that can cure deliberate obtuseness. Thank you however for providing a reminder that much of the opposition to Question 2 comes from people who more concerned about controlling women's bodies than about the autonomy of those who are near death.