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“I think that anyone who finds they’re terminal, and there’s no turning back, and they decide they want to go, they should have that right,” said the 72-year-old Quincy resident as he sat over morning coffee at Barry’s Deli in Wollaston.

What about those who find they are terminal, there is no turning back, and they decide that they don't want to go, ever? Do they have that right?

It's ludicrous to call something a "right" when there is no choice about it. We can choose not to exercise our right to free speech, or our right to have firearms, but, as far as I know, it is impossible to choose not to die. Ergo, dying is not a right.

8 posted on 08/21/2011 10:53:32 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)

“it is impossible to choose not to die.”

What? Does Obama know about this?

This is a scandal!

12 posted on 08/21/2011 10:59:30 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)

This piece explains perfectly why there is no "right" to die:

Father Frank Pavone: Freedom to Die?

16 posted on 08/21/2011 11:15:46 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)

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