Donna your points regarding depression are very valid to me. I wouldnt want people to make the decision to end their lives due to a temporary state of mind or impulsively because of depression. For this reason I believe the “just jump off a cliff and end it” should be replaced with doctor assistance. That way a person can be evaluated to determine the reasons for deciding this course… People are only going to choose suicide when they feel thier options are at an end.
“there is something wrong about a company making money out of such a monumental personal decision.”
So companies should work for free? If such company is allowed to exist they need to be paid for services, as ghastly as they may be to some. A $10K dollar bill to cover the evaluations and medical services is a token compared to the costs of care for a terminal illness. And if a person chooses to sidestep the pain and expense for their family… power to them, it may not be my decision… but who knows I may feel differently when the time comes.. and government has no right to make the decision for me or against me.
I knew a man who after suffering cancer once decided when he was diagnosed with it again made the choice not to suffer through the treatments again at the age of 70…. So he took a gun and ended it… how would you prefer your family to discover you? How traumatic would that be for someone to discover? The man made a personal choice after suffering the disease once earlier in life. He had no other options for avoiding the suffering.
I find it ironic that it is considered perfectly humaine to put an animal to sleep to end their suffering.. but people are expected to endure it. If you decide to endure because of your beliefs, fine no one should direct you otherwise. However if a person does not share your beliefs then you should have the same consideration and respect that persons freedom.
