Letter writer Jonathan Imbody never gives a reason why I shouldn't have the right to choose the method of my own passing ("Assisted suicide is not 'death with dignity," Feb. 21).
Nothing is more uniquely my own than my life. I do not understand why anyone should have the right to tell me how it has to end.
We are all going to die. No one gets out alive. However, some ways of "getting out" are much worse than others.
I do not want another year of life if it is going to be spent in a hospital bed, stuck full of tubes.
I am not suggesting that anyone else should feel that way. That is simply how I feel, and I do not understand why anyone else should have the right to make me endure that additional year of suffering.
An addition to the Maryland Advance Directive (Living Will) could satisfy Mr. Imbody's objections.
The options should include ones stating that "I do not wish to be euthanized under any conditions," "I wish to be euthanized upon my request," "I wish to be euthanized if I have reached the point where I am no longer capable of making the request," and "the following individuals are authorized to make the request for me."
That last option could also include a minimum number of witnesses required to make the request valid.
Ed McFadden, Fallston