{"id":30570,"date":"2018-10-26T16:46:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30570"},"modified":"2018-10-26T16:46:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:16:58","slug":"is-active-euthanasia-the-next-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/is-active-euthanasia-the-next-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Is active euthanasia the next step?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/is-active-euthanasia-the-next-step\/article23266261.ece\"><strong>Is active euthanasia the next step?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The right declared in \u2018Common Cause\u2019 extends to active euthanasia in certain circumstances<\/p>\n<p><strong>The observation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If passive euthanasia is a guaranteed fundamental right, a rigid \u201cactive\u201d versus \u201cpassive\u201d euthanasia distinction (APD) is analytically unsustainable<\/p>\n<p><strong>The problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It may unjustly deny a recognised fundamental right to those who need assistance to access it<\/li>\n<li>There is no reasonable basis for\u00a0negating\u00a0the right vis-\u00e0-vis a patient whose circumstances warrant assistance to exercise it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Example: A UK case: <\/u>Diane Pretty, while mentally competent, was in the terminal stages of incurable motor neurone disease, which left her completely paralysed from the neck down. Faced with the prospect of progressive suffocation as her breathing and swallowing muscles failed, Pretty required assistance to effectuate a dignified and bearable death in a manner and time <em>of her choosing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Against APD<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The inherent contradictions in APD are the inevitable outcome of fragmented rule-making by courts hamstrung by the lack of a comprehensive and coherent legislative and policy framework<\/li>\n<li>APD is an elaborate and flawed judicial construct arguably necessitated by overarching policy concerns, namely, potential for abuse by unscrupulous individuals;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These complex issues cannot\u00a0be addressed\u00a0without\u00a0the legalisation and regulation of active euthanasia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is active euthanasia the next step? Context The right declared in \u2018Common Cause\u2019 extends to active euthanasia in certain circumstances The observation If passive euthanasia is a guaranteed fundamental right, a rigid \u201cactive\u201d versus \u201cpassive\u201d euthanasia distinction (APD) is analytically unsustainable The problem It may unjustly deny a recognised fundamental right to those who need&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/is-active-euthanasia-the-next-step\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is active euthanasia the next step?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}