Wednesday 31 July 2013

SHOULD WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DIE AT WILL?

I just stumbled on a story reported by so many sites all over the internet about a man, Paul Lamb,57, a quadraplegic who just lost his RIGHT-TO-DIE appeal in court.

Paul Lamb is paralysed from the neck down and has been in this state for 23 years after he was involved in a serious road accident. He is immobile except for limited movement in his right hand and has been in significant pain since the 1990 tragedy.

After the hearing in an appeal court, Paul is reported to have said:
'I am absolutely gutted by the decision,' he said. 'I was hoping for a humane and dignified end. This judgment does not give me that. 'I will carry on the legal fight - this is not just about me but about many, many other people who are being denied the right to die a humane and dignified death just because the law is too scared to grapple with these issues.'
Mr Lamb and Jane Nicklinson, the wife of locked-in sufferer Tony, who also was reported to have asked for a Right-to-die permission last year before he died naturally a few weeks after his rejection, were given permission to take their cases to the Supreme Court.

Now this is the argument, should we or should we not be given the right to die, considering the fact that we all have a right to live and its our life anyways.

1 comment:

  1. Ok so while some are being burned to death against their will some are forced to live against their will


    thats the irony of life.

    NB I wonder what punishment the judges will give him if he eventually decides to die against court orders

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