Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadow Minato
You see. The problem here is not tying euthanasia with suicide. The issue is totally unrelated. Maybe, you didn't read the original article and here is the link to it:
http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...858427,00.html
Apparently, a 13 year old British girl is going to die unless she get a heart transplant. A heart transplant generally means that they will be opening up her chest, yanking out her heart, and replacing it with someone else's heart. If the blood type and organ is compatible, it will be considered a successful surgery and she will live. Otherwise, it may cause side-effects and she might die even after doing the heart transplant. And so, not wanting to suffer all these pain and surgery, she chose not to do so and refused the heart transplant. It is not the same as suicide under these circumstances. |
The story neglected to mention that the girl has been suffering from cancer, and her heart was weakened by the very medicine that was meant to save her life. Screening gives transplant a high success rate, but even if it is sucessful they are still constrained to taking medicines for the rest of their life. This is not euthanasia or suicide the girl has simply decided that she has had enough, resided to her fate and wants to go on her own accord; and her parents agrees.