Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide

[Warpy]

3. That is a humane law. I wish it were universal.

My experience was typical, I think. My mother wasn't in pain but she was deaf, blind, fighting for every breath from COPD, and utterly miserable. My dad finally wheedled a prescription for sleeping pills, filled it twice without taking any, and left the bottle next to her.

She never used them, but I did notice her mood had lifted considerably once they were there (and I didn't know it at the time).

After she died, my dad fessed up. All I could do was thank him because I know that bottle gave her a great deal of peace since she knew a quick way out was right there if it got too hard.