It’s disingenuous for proponents of Question 2 to argue that the primary reason people choose physician-assisted suicide is to eliminate physical suffering. Statistics from the three states that allow physician-assisted suicide don’t support that theory. For example, in Oregon loss of autonomy and the decreased ability to participate in activities that make life enjoyable were among the most commonly reported reasons patients gave for requesting physician-assisted suicide.
I applaud people for promoting compassion, but true compassion means alleviating suffering while maintaining solidarity with those who suffer. It does not mean putting lethal drugs in the hands of depressed people and abandoning them to suicide.
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I believe the author has willfully misunderstood the language of this referendum.
"True compassion means alleviating suffering while maintaining solidarity with those who suffer" says it all. It's an act of love to share in someone's suffering.