Literary Discussions

The "Death with Dignity" Law -  physician assisted death with optional organ donation. Each year so many desperate people take their lives INCLUDING 300 medical doctors per year. In a world where there are no social services and only the wealthy can afford health care it makes sense to allow people to apply for assisted death. They would undergo exams, write a series of petitions, take anti-depressants, be interviewed and evaluated, and if their resolve was undeterred after a year or two, they could have a peaceful death with dignity AND donate their organs to others who still desire to live and have the financial means to make continued life possible. Since it is impossible to eliminate suicide through criminalization it is wiser to control and monitor it through legalization.