The British Medical Association has dropped its opposition to assisted dying in a narrow vote at its annual representative meeting.
Doctors and medical students voted for the union to “move to a position of neutrality on assisted dying, including physician-assisted dying”.
The BMA, which represents 150,000 doctors, has opposed legalising assisted dying since 2006. However, a survey of its members in February last year found that the proportion in favour of a change in law now outnumbered those against.
You know, it does make sense. In an amoral society where birth is an accident of faith and life is a personal possession, just as you can throw away a TV you don't want anymore, so too your life once it becomes burdensome.
ReplyDeleteAssisted suicide in the Tanakh:
ReplyDelete1 Samuel 31:
ד וַיֹּאמֶר
שָׁאוּל לְנֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו שְׁלֹף חַרְבְּךָ וְדָקְרֵנִי בָהּ,
פֶּן-יָבוֹאוּ הָעֲרֵלִים הָאֵלֶּה וּדְקָרֻנִי וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ-בִי, וְלֹא
אָבָה נֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו, כִּי יָרֵא מְאֹד; וַיִּקַּח שָׁאוּל אֶת-הַחֶרֶב,
וַיִּפֹּל עָלֶיהָ.
4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer: 'Draw thy sword, and
thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me
through, and make a mock of me.' But his armour-bearer would not; for
he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
ה וַיַּרְא נֹשֵׂא-כֵלָיו, כִּי מֵת שָׁאוּל; וַיִּפֹּל גַּם-הוּא עַל-חַרְבּוֹ, וַיָּמָת עִמּוֹ.
5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
We are not dealing with threat of torture!
ReplyDeleteYour comparison is totally mistaken!
Not military torture. But disease torture. Or are you saying some are just depressed and want a way out?
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