Anne McComish ('Euthanasia about Personal Freedom”-Friday 24 Sept) claims that I said suicide and abortion will increase if voluntary euthanasia was permitted.
I never did. Nor anything like that. what I did write was if euthanasia were legalised then the legal so-called 'safeguards” would not stop its widespread misuse. The safeguards for abortion in New Zealand have not worked.
It is my opinion safeguards for euthanasia would also not work. Apparently in Holland and elsewhere they haven't. There the 'right to die” has become 'the duty to die” with no personal choice to stay alive. (abridged)
Hylton Rhodes., Tauranga.
Posted: 03:40pm Fri 01 Oct, 2010
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How about THIS for an idea!
Posted on 02-10-2010 16:10 | By The author of this comment has been removed.
Hilton - It is fine to have your opinion - only trouble is you would force your opinion on others! You would make illegal for other people to end their life. If you chose not to end your OWN life - that is up to you. You would force other people - against their will - to remain living. You think Euthanasia is uncivilised I believe the use of FORCE is uncivilised. How about YOU (no disrespect) mind your business, and YOU leave others to mind THEIR business. That is a much more civilised way about things - Nobody is forcing anybody to do things against their will.
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