Dying Man Opposes Assisted Suicide

Fox News Laura Ingrahm interviews John Peyton, a Washington state man dying of ALS. He makes a passionate plea against assisted suicide and Initiative 1000, the proposed law to bring assisted suicide to Washington State

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• suicide
• ALS
• initiative
• 1000

[yourallbrainwashed]

obviously he wasnt in a lot of pain. if he was in severe chronic pain he would have done anything to stop it ,including assisted suicide! just amagine you had a severe toothache that never stopped hurting and the only way you could rid yourself of the pain was to kill yourself. trust me you would do it , i guarantee it!

[Drippy89694]

If he can have the choice of living till he finally dies, why can't someone have the choice of not waiting?

[kashroxanne]

@yourallbrainwashed I thought he said he wasn't in pain...

[rockinyou09]

(continued from below) Since Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act, the number of people who received assistance with suicide rose from 16 to 59. That number will only continue to climb and that's incredibly sad. Yes, we do have the right to autonomy but we oftentimes make poor decisions because of our irrationality. We cannot know what the future has in store for us and I hate to burden doctors with the power to take that future away from someone else. Live love.

[rockinyou09]

Rather than complaining about the problem, let's come up with solutions. Let me just say as humans we are incredibly shortsighted. I'm guilty of it, as I'm sure many others are. I've been blessed/lucky/whatever you want to say with health and a strong support system. There are many who have been denied that kind of life. Let's start a nonprofit. Let's create love and support systems for those with terminal illnesses who either A) don't have that love and support or B) can't afford Hospice.

[TrentStockman78]

They go there to die because they are suffering.. It's not as though they're abortion doctors lol

[piperboy350]

What about if you dont have family idiot.how is depending on people a good quality of life?

[pebbles8488]

@NAVYWIFEONE Obviously not everyone is okay with assisted suicide. so your statement "POINT IS IF THEY CHOOSE TO EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH IT BUT WHEN ONE OPPOSES IT WE ARE CALLED SELFISH" is completely false. Also, you cannot say that people who chose to opt for assisted suicide will "pay dearly" for doing so because those are YOUR religious beliefs, not theirs. Who's to say your beliefs are correct? I bet suicide bombers who are killing themselves for their god felt that theirs were right.

[1BustedMyth]

@NAVYWIFEONE, I do not have the right to tell you how long you should suffer or keep you alive against your will, nor do I have the right to tell you when to give up, both are your choice and yours alone, my agrivation is that people are having their freedom to choose over ridden by others with religious delusions. If you choose to be gullible enough to actually believe what is stone age mythology that is your choose, but you DO NOT have the right to push it on me or my loved ones.

[1BustedMyth]

@NAVYWIFEONE, BULLSHIT!

[1BustedMyth]

@get1modernwarfare2, ironic

[get1modernwarfare2]

I bet he supports the death penalty =-/