Incurably ill French woman denied euthanasia

From CNN


What bemused me about this is that mostly people fighting through the court for euthanasia are inacapable of killing themsevles. They're paralyzed and have been for years. But while blind, she is mobile, there was nothing to stop her throwing herself out of a building or swallowing poison, the possibilities for her were endless.

So why go to court, and then appeal to the president for the right to kill yourself, when you can just do it? And one guesses that after being turned down, that's what she's gone and done. Just hope nobody gets into trouble for helping her.

Throwing yourself out of a window would be pretty scary I would think, but getting somebody to help you take a lethal amount of drugs is probably a lot easier.

What bemuses me about people that go in for surgery is that a lot of them have their own knives and hands. They could just as easily do it themselves, yet they insist on having a doctor do it.

Maybe she could have travelled to Switzerland or Netherlands, as Euthanasia is legal there. Also, its a neighbour to France.

In some countries, legalising Euthanasia can have serious implications on its crime rate. So, it depends!

Easier said than done. Do you know the amount of Anaesthesia that you can inject into your body for a particular duration? And many dingsbums like that?

And do you know how dangerous are those botox operations? It aint that easy. You are playing with life, dude!

Also, here's a pic of old machine which was used to assist suicide :

Perhaps she wanted to help others in the same situation by trying to set a precedent.

what are peoples thoughts on euthanasia in general?

Edit: I retract the question as i found another thread on it

Yufinasia

Comedy!

Is it possible that her manner of death affected her children's inheritance? Her youngest was only 13. Perhaps there was a "suicide clause" written into her life insurance. As a former schoolteacher I can't imagine she had all that much to leave to her family to begin with.

Because ...
1) suicide is looked down upon.
2) people who commit suicide have to do it on their own without access to professional medical help.
3) people who commit suicide can't end their lives in the presence of their family and friends.
4) there are legal implications for those who may have been involved.
5) religious reasons.
6) suicide can go wrong, be very painful and cause a lot of pain.

I think it's fairly obvious why she went through the court process, poor lady.

Chantal Sebire before her tumour took hold and after:

Jeez... That's tragic.

I think it's fairly obvious that she wanted to make a point.. I can't believe there are people here confused about the situation.. hopefully it will force some change in this stupid, no doubt religiously inspired law..

why is it a stupid law?

cry for help maybe ?

Made her intentions known to the courts and anyone else who couldn' t bothered with this poor person.

God help her children.

That photo is terrible. Poor woman.

The is a horrible way to live. But still I can see how legalizing suicide for different cases would make people who would normally fight it out just give up.

Assisted suicide, surely?

Opps yea, legalizing assisted suicide. Suicide can hardly be considered illegal though, what can they do after your already dead??

Quite.

not pay out life assurance?

maybe...wild guess

True, but that would "hurt" other people, not the person committing suicide.