Here's one of the preferred methods of the death with "dignity" (notice the quotes, as in not really) crowd.
So please don't tell me that palliative care is worse.
Really? Have you ever seen anyone die of ALS? There muscles go, usually their legs and feet first, over a period of years, gradually everything becomes paralyzed and they can't even speak and eventually they stop breathing, in other words they suffocate to death. They face a long period of time when they can't talk or move and they look at you and you know they are in there, but they can't communicate. It is a horrible way to die and if this guy wanted to go that way, fine, that is his business.
Others however, may choose not to suffer that way and decide to die before it gets to that point, it is their right to do so, and no business of anyone else.
Death is NEVER pleasant, but it is a part of life and life (all of it from conception through death) is God's gift to us. He has made it perfectly clear under what circumstances life can be taken and illness is not one of them.
Here's one of the preferred methods of the death with "dignity" (notice the quotes, as in not really) crowd.
So please don't tell me that palliative care is worse.
The way I read the headline he did die of ALS.