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SCVDem

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8. Why just the terminally ill?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 10:25 PM

May 2013

What if I'm homeless, cold, hungry, have no meds and no family?

Must I make a bloody mess for someone to get traumatized over?

What is the problem here? It is my life after all!

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Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide [View all] Eugene May 2013 OP

I wish I could find a job in VT. It is wonderful. aikoaiko May 2013 #1

Bravo! SoapBox May 2013 #2

That is a humane law. I wish it were universal. Warpy May 2013 #3

Yeah! Now Vermonters no longer have to worry about dying in pain in the future. Auntie Bush May 2013 #4

It is the right thing to do. hrmjustin May 2013 #5

I wonder when humans will be treated at least as well as animals who are terminally ill. Maineman May 2013 #6

Letting people die on their own terms with dignity BrotherIvan May 2013 #7

Why just the terminally ill? SCVDem May 2013 #8

The theory is that "The System" catches such cases. Bibliovore May 2013 #9