Could you Kill someone

[alan45]

Followin the dramatic scenes in Emmerdale last night where Sam administered an overdose of morphine to his dying wife it set me thinking. If you were faced withe the same circumstances where a loved one was dying could you help them die with dignity by adminsitereing an overdose or switching off a life support system. After all if it was a sick animal and you didnt get it put down you could be charged with cruelty. Why should a human being who has no prospect of recovery not be helped to ease their suffering. What do you think.

[CrazyLea]

Sorry, I never read the question properly. I was meant to tick yes. I'd like to think that if someone wanted me to help them die, then I could do it. But if it actaully came to it, I'm not sure I'd actually be able to bring myself to do it.

[true.moon]

It would really depend on the situation i think. If they were just in pain no but if they really really wanted to go and you could see in their face they couldn't live any long then mabye. I could mabye turn off a support machine but no way could i inject someone or overdose someone. Cause that would just make me feel so bad. So mabe for me im not sure

[Siobhan]

A life support machine yes but for assisted suicide I would ask someone else to do it.. I couldn't go through with it but I wouldn't want to see my loved one in that much pain either

[Chloe O'brien]

I pray to god that I am never put in that position of having to ease a loved one suffering, but I had to watch both my parents die from cancer and I agree that if you can put a sick animal out of its misery with a simple injection why not not a loved one.

[Jojo]

If there were no chance of recovery and they were in so much pain they were constantly dosed up on morphine and wanted to go, then yes I would. When our animals have cancer or other illnesses and no means of survival or recovery, we let them keep their dignity and let them go whilst we still remember them in happier times. Friends of my family have had debilitating illnesses which have got progressively worse, where they have been able bodied for much of their lives and now can't do anything for themselves, would rather not live in the useless shell that their body now is, but can't do anything about it. Their dignity has been ripped away from them and that imo is not fair. Sometimes I think that society loves animals far more than our fellow humans.

[xXxJessxXx]

I clicked No. Obviously meaning i couldnt carry out an out right cold bloodled murder, no matter what my motive.

But if it was a situation where they were ill or in strong pain then i think i most probably would. It is really hard beause while i wouldnt want to see someone close to me in pain and i would want to put them out of their misery i would be faced with the decision of having them with me and still being alive or them being gone and obviously while you would rather have them around if they in pain its hard. If they were going to die, like if they wrre given only a matter of months to live and they were seriously deteriating ect then i think i would. But then if you hadnt have got envolved then by not intervening they could have survived it and lived longer and perhaps recovered (Very rare occasions i know) I would consider it more if someone asked me to help them because they were too weak to do it them selves. While i dont think anyone has the right to take away another's life, i also believe that no on has the right to keep them alive beyond ther will when they are suffering. I am such a strong believer of this and its their live if they want to die in no pain then i think you should take that into account and i dont think you can be quick to judge when its their life... their decison not yours, you dont have the right to take that away from them and continue for them to suffer.

But then if people did this where does it stop? People could have a slight illness they would recover from and feel in such pain they want to die... and when they would survive the illness if you helped them to die then that is murder. The more people help others to die the more common it will get and it wont be long before people are helping each other in this way for stupid things. Its a tough decision and hope i never find my self in it because either way id be filled with guilt and probably result in comiting suicide my self!

So thats wy i voted no because its not somethig i can say the moment or decide as quick as a clickif i was in that situation it would take time for me to decide.

[diamond1]

I pray to god that I am never put in that position of having to ease a loved one suffering, but I had to watch both my parents die from cancer and I agree that if you can put a sick animal out of its misery with a simple injection why not not a loved one.

I totally agreer however there will always be someone who abuses their power and just commits a murder for the sake of it if you see what I mean Like someone who would inject a child whos only in for a few nights or something.

[hazey]

I would do it, if there was no other way,and no chance of recovery. I had to make to decisson to switch off my hubby's life support. Which I know is not quite the same,but I didn't have to think hard about it, he had been in a drug induced state for three days, and his body was braking down due to MRSA so it was the best thing to do. I would have given him morphine to end it,if the machine choice hadn't been given to me.

[Jojo]

I totally agreer however there will always be someone who abuses their power and just commits a murder for the sake of it if you see what I mean Like someone who would inject a child whos only in for a few nights or something. I think we are all talking long term illnesses though, without any chance of recovery. People that are in hospital for one or two nights wouldn't come into the equation. If it was ever possible here, it would have to be very tightly controlled and regulated.

Like in the Swiss clinic where a lot of people have gone - there are so many questionnaires, assessments etc that have to take place before anything can happen - it just frustrates me, when loved ones that have travelled with people there, are investigated by the police on their return.

[Pinkbanana]

I could not never ever end another person’s life, under any circumstances. I believe no one has the right to take another person’s life.

I understand people having to watch their loved ones in terrible pain/ebbing away etc.. (I have personal experience of this), but ending a life in that circumstance could be more about that person’s discomfort than the terminally ill person’s.

Moreover, if euthanasia was to be legalised, then there would be added pressure on the patient, who might feel there were becoming a burden on their family.

There is no dignity in death. Dying people should be treated with true dignity by meeting their needs through the provision of effective medical care, and the steadfast support of loved ones.

Oh well said my penny's worth!:)

[Katy]

Technically i should say no, but if a person has a crap quality of life and will not recover then end there life. If they ask i dont think that id be doing anything wrong even though i was breaking the law. I think that it should be legalised with the living will type thing, you atate that if you ever did get a terminal illness then you would allow your life to end.

[Siobhan]

In all honesty, I think it should be a personal choice.. If you are of sound mind and are able to say "please stop this pain". In the case we have seen in soaps, Ethel (EE) was very old and very ill and with Emmerdale, Alice was dying anyway.. she deserved to die with dignity and in her time

[Jada-GDR]

if the person was actually a loved one, like family or my husband/boyfriend(/girlfriend :p) and they wanted me to then yes, i would. or i would try, anway. i dont really know if i could bring myself to do it.

[alkalinetrio]

yes i would if it was a loved one and they just was in to much pain and couldnt take my much i would do it it would kill me inside but i rather see them at peace then in pain!

[Tori]

I couldn't do it, it would play on my conscience too much. If they were in pain then maybe but I couldn't do it unless there was no real chance of recovery, because otherwise they will be suffering unnecessarily. At the end of the day, we all die so if someone's day comes sooner by someone elses choice then it does.

[Kim]

I couldn't do it under any circumstances. For one it's illegal, and I hate watching people die on Tv, let alone assisting it. I also couldn't live with myself if I gave permission for someone else to do it.

[Chris_2k11]

No. I think i'd just end up breaking down.

[pookie1968uk]

no i would not be able to do it. i think it would play on your mind forever and its not up to us to take someone elses life is it?