I was flipping through the papers today when I saw a very shocking image. It was a picture of a woman whose face was highly disfigured because of cancer. It's a very sad and unfortunate case, and it's one of the more extreme cases that I had read about. I sympathize with her plight and her lack of options to decide how she should live or die. We all aspire to have a good life, but if we are not allowed to have that then at least it should be bearable. Failing that, let us be granted a good death if we so choose.
French Housing Minister Christine Boutin said that if France legalizes "the right to kill, we're heading towards a barbarian society." Perhaps so if the person you want to kill is someone else, but surely not if the person is yourself. While we should not allow anyone to kill themselves over trivial reasons, it's evident that Sebire's was suffering immensely with no end or relief in sight. In such desperate situations surely it would be humane and human to allow her to end her life in a dignified way, surrounded by her loved ones?
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