I don't know if I'm allowed to post links to news articles here, so I will just describe the article I saw today. I don't want to violate the rules. Jennifer Grey was an actress in the movie Dirty Dancing. Her mother passed away on the 4th of July after receiving a cancer diagnosis a week prior. The actress said her mother passed away "by her own choosing, on her own terms, exactly as she lived." She said "True to who she was, she chose grace over fear, understanding that leaving this world with dignity is an honor, not a tragedy," The article doesn't say how she did it or if she went to a place where physician assisted suicide is legal.
Intellectually I understand people being anti-choice when it comes to CTB over life's difficulties. But I can't wrap my head around people who think that people who get a cancer diagnosis should be forced to live through pain, suffering, and a loss of dignity. Physician assisted suicide is illegal in my state and in most states. I don't see that ever changing. If I ever get in that position some day I will be forced to either endure it or CTB myself using some method that is either painful or risky. It makes me so angry.
Intellectually I understand people being anti-choice when it comes to CTB over life's difficulties. But I can't wrap my head around people who think that people who get a cancer diagnosis should be forced to live through pain, suffering, and a loss of dignity. Physician assisted suicide is illegal in my state and in most states. I don't see that ever changing. If I ever get in that position some day I will be forced to either endure it or CTB myself using some method that is either painful or risky. It makes me so angry.
