What is your opinion on physician assisted suicide?

Well, mercy killing is truly a very controversial topic. Both from a medical point of view and an ethical point of view.

A person who is terminally ill/paralysed may wish to no longer to prolong his/hers suffering. In case of being in a vegetative state or a coma, friends and family make this decision; usually referred to as "pulling the plug".

Though it is a very hard thing to do and many will object to it, morally it is the right thing to do. Making a person suffer more is a crime against humanity itself.

(Out of context, but my dog was put down in 2008. He was 13. That is 65 in dog years. He was very weak. My folks had him put down. I felt sad but no one could see him suffer so much. He could barely walk or eat on his own..)

It is true that we don't have the right to kill ourselves. But I am sure God will forgive us if we take our own lives when things look bleak (NOT suicide). Also, if our friends take this decision for us. People have been tried, and acquitted for mercy killing, because it the humane thing to do.

However, mercy killing is not as easy as just a phone call to the doctor. There has to be lawyers and witnesses present. Documents have to be signed. It is a very painful procedure. Hugging your pals and folks and sending them out of the room before the doctor enters with a syringe...

What I think is immaterial, as I am not in that position it is impossible to make a generalised judgement..... I see both positives and negatives of it