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'Physician-assisted-suicide' bill passes first hurdle
Moran Azulay
Published: 08.06.14, 22:44
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1. How can we prevent abuses?
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (06.08.14)
2. The Zionists who want the world to recognize them as Jewish
Chaim ,   Israel   (06.08.14)
is passing a bill to allow the murder of people without criminal liability. Until now the Zionists only murdered unborn babies, now the new bill will give legal rights for doctors to officially murder patients.
3.  Dr.No Euthanasia Please when I finally kick the bucket !
Roland ,   London England   (06.08.14)
4. Murder vs no parole to murderers sad day wake up please
Martin SA   (06.09.14)
Murder vs no parole to murderers sad day wake up please. On the same day two contradictory bill approved. This not the ways. It is not our job to do the work of Yishtabach Sh'mo. This bill must be put up for review.... and dumped in file 13.
5. Thou shalt not turn doctors into killers
Nick Z ,   New York, NY   (06.09.14)
I hear that the elderly are very scared to go to hospitals in the Netherlands which is very pro-"euthanasia". The risk of abuses is very high; doctors already often throw drugs at people without really solving/curing the problem, and this is not likely to improve the situation. "it is not the role of the doctor to end the life of a terminally ill patient in a way that isn't natural." "We are not trained to do so and do not teach the next generation of the medical community to do so. Euthanasia and suicide assistance with the help of a doctor are unethical actions."
6. Dumb. Should include for decline in quality of life
Laila ,   Montreal, Canada   (06.09.14)
Dumb. They should copy the Swiss who include any decline in quality of life.
7. Many of the Prophets and even King David wished they had
Rivkah   (06.09.14)
died from their mother's womb rather than to face what they faced in life. If abortion on demand and euthanasia on demand was acceptable then, there would not have been a Jewish Messiah who came from King David's line. How many heroes of the faith have been aborted? How many elderly who can protect the nation with prayers even if that is all they can do like General Ariel Sharon did for eight years at Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer near Tel Aviv so that even the rockets from Lebanon in 2006 could not touch Tel Aviv because of the umbrella of protection from Elohim's love for Ariel Sharon? The elderly and those in comas need to be directed to pray and to listen to the Holy Scriptures as a protection for the nation. TV Pastor Peter Ruckman who draws chalk pictures as he preaches on TV said there was a comedian during World War One who was like Bob Hope of WWII who came to his show one evening weeping. The audience thought it was part of the act so they laughed hysterically in anticipation of the comedy to come. But then he said he was weeping because he got a telegram that told him his only son died in the war in Europe (WWI). He said he considered his options and got out a gun to shoot himself to end the pain and sorrow of that loss (euthanasia). Then he considered the alternatives to shooting himself which were to get drunk and stay drunk the rest of his life so he wouldn't feel the pain. The last option was to turn to Calvary, the place where the Jewish Messiah gave up His life to take onto Himself all of our sorrows and sins and pain. He decided on the third option. People who want to die may just need some walnut oil daily or coconut oil or omega 3 fatty acid cod liver oil or all daily for better brain health and function. I have seen widows so grieved by the death of a husband that five years later the sorrow was still causing a great depression UNTIL the widow took at my suggestion 2 Carlson's Cod Liver Oil capsules (or similar brand) twice daily. Within half an hour the depression lifted for 8 to 12 hours and the person could feel normal again.
8. To: No. 6
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.09.14)
No, you're dumb. Under your scenario, someone who has run five kilometers every day for the past x number of years, but simply no longer can for whatever reason, may claim the right to euthanasia despite not having a terminal illness. Quality of life as a yardstick? No. Much too broad. On the other hand, the more Swiss that take their own lives, the better.
9. save us from toture
O. ,   Israel   (06.09.14)
please, please accept this law. So many of my friends live in fear of modern medical technology that will make them agonize sometimes for months without any hope of recovery. I've heard absolutely normal people actually discussing how they may end their lives in such a situation. It's horrible. Yes, law and ethics drag behind technology. Do something. Let us die with dignity.
10. Anyone
A Jerusalemite. ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (06.09.14)
that has lived with a loved one slowly dying of cancer in severe and unremitting pain knows how important this law is to all of us. I say pass it. No need to fear death itself, but rather the means by which we die...
11. Lessen the pain with death as result
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (06.09.14)
is allowed. But when the intention is to kill the terminally ill ,that is against Jewish law.
12. Assisted suicide is a means of those politics ...
Oliver Scherfo ,   Berlin, Germany   (06.11.14)
... which aim at cutting costs of the care for the sick and elderly ones. It starts with ”free will” and “autonomy” and it ends up with administering forced treatment: therapeutic killing. Look at Belgium and the Netherlands! Useful information in the internet: Iatrocracy on a world-wide scale.
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