Colorado to vote on assisted suicide in November

[TexasTowelie]

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under a ballot question approved on Monday, a proposal opposed by some religious and disability-rights organizations.

Proponents of the so-called medical aid in dying initiative turned in enough valid signatures of registered voters to put the proposal on the November ballot, Secretary of State Wayne Williams said in a statement.

If approved, Colorado would join California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont as states that allow some form of physician-assisted suicide.

Julie Selsberg, spokeswoman for the Yes on Colorado End-of-Life Options campaign, said the ruling was a step closer for dying people and their families to have control over health care decisions.

More at http://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-initiative-idUSKCN10R07R .

[whatthehey]

1. This will be the next great human rights domino

When you have no free control over your own life itself, how free are you? Way past time, but it will come. I would say superstition be damned, but seeing the inherent contradiction there, let's go with fuck superstition.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I tend to agree with you.

When the working careers of people drops from 40-50 years down to 25-35 years it will be impossible for society to provide for the large masses of people that are unemployed or in poor health. If people don't have the economic independence, good health or a family structure (which is also a problem) then there is a certain aspect of cruelty to expect people to live in poverty or homelessness. Even for those that have a family structure to provide a reason to stay alive it also places a burden on the family.