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Originally posted by krazy
Well here is something to think about, and I am not sure how I feel with regard to this issue, but say they end up making this legal. Would it mandatory that ALL doctors offer this to their patients? I mean, what if (and I know this is pushing it) only 3 doctors decided they would feel okay about administering this suicide mechanism. This would not let everyone have the chance to use it. (Gawd, this sounds weird talking about it like it is an amusement park ride)
Anyways, would they start MAKING doctors put people to death? You kind of run into the same dilemma that you come up against with the abortion pill. What if a doctor feels wrong about administering it? Should he be FORCED to?
Please keep in mind that if I contracted a painful terminal illness, I would probably want a way out as well... These are things to think about though...
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I don't think doctors could be forced to perform this. For example OB/GYNs are the doctors that perform abortions and not every OB/GYN does. For whatever reasons those doctors do not offer or perform that procedure, and this would likely fall into the same area. It would likely be performed by those who would chose to perform it, and not forced upon them.
I know that with medical professionals I have had, there has been differing of opinions for procedures and if we weren't in agreement then I'd be given the name of a doctor that would provide the care I wanted.