The argument that only God may decide when we die is not one that I consider consistent with the view that God created us with free choice. If you seek out medical care, you are making choices about how long you will live. If you drive too fast, drink too much, smoke to much or fail to get your kids vaccinated, then you are making decisions about how soon death comes. To see God as having to work through respirators, kidney dialysis and heart-lung machines to decide when you will die is to trivialize the divine. Nor have there been abuses in Oregon or the other state that has had legalized physician assistance in dying for many years — Washington. There is no movement to change the laws in these states. There are no scandals revealed by police or media investigations of people being coerced or shamed into ending their lives. In fact, the loudest voices alleging abuses and worrying about slippery slopes come from those who do not live in either state. Both Oregon and Washington have strict restrictions on who can get lethal medicines. Those restrictions seems to have acted as handrails adequate to prohibit sliding down slippery slopes to abuse. Read more http://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...any-maynards-death-was-ethical-choice-n239966
