Euthanasia

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...s-sad-goodbye/

Having lived with MS for more than three decades, Ms Harrison said she wanted to die because her condition had deteriorated to the point where she was in nearly constant pain and could not pursue the hobbies she had once loved.

"I have really not been 'Barbara' for years now," is how she described the sense of losing her identity.

Since going public with her desire to die, Ms Harrison has been in regular contact with this reporter, detailing the ups and downs of daily life, her fear she would not be able to pluck up the courage to end her life and, in recent weeks, a deterioration in her condition.

She called last week with the news that the time to put her exit plan into action had arrived.

When she last spoke to The West Australian four days before her death, Ms Harrison was calm and resigned but frustrated the lethal dose could not be legally administered by a third party and in the presence of loved ones.

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Originally Posted by Lord Blackadder

When the time comes, when she has no quality of life, when she cannot enjoy simple things like a hug or a nap without feeling pain, when I cannot find a cure for her ills, I will say goodbye to my little furry baby cat and give her the dignity of a peaceful death.

Humans should be afforded the same dignity.


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I concur.