Talk:Euthanasia in the United States

Voluntary Euthanasia

This article is almost exclusively about voluntary end of life, whereas a similarly-titled section in the article on eugenics is about proposals for forced euthanasia of unwanted groups. The eras covered by the two treatments are different, too. Are these just minor variants of each other, just at different times? 84.227.247.9 (talk) 03:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

The difference between involuntary and voluntary euthanasia is considerable. :) There is, as far as I'm aware, no push for involuntary euthanasia, although there has been discussion around non-voluntary in some countries, with some accepting it in very narrowly defined circumstances. - Bilby (talk) 02:27, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. The literature, both legal and medical, is clear. Voluntary euthanasia, as practiced in the Netherlands, is considerably different than physician assisted dying, as practiced in authorized states in the USA such as Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico. Euthanasia as a subject term alone should be considered non-voluntary, and again needs its own subject heading. Both voluntary and involuntary euthanasia in the US is legally defined as "manslaughter" or "assisting suicide" and is illegal in all states. Forced euthanasia of any sort should be listed as a crime and not a medical procedure or worthy of philosophical debate. Pdx97217 (talk) 17:01, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Definitions?

Someone needs to define Euthanasia for this section. Are we talking about physician assisted suicide (which is only legal in Oregon), or also euthanasia that is not suicide but decided by the physician (as per the Texas examples found here)? The difference should be noted. Kristamaranatha (talk) 18:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Isn't passive euthanasia legal throughout the U.S.? Kaldari (talk) 22:20, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Recent additions

About a week ago, a new editor substantially expanded this page with an outline of the ethical arguments. I'm grateful for the improvements and for the sources.

It reads a bit like someone's homework, though, and it confuses "euthanasia" with "physician-assisted suicide". It also repeats nonsensical claims, like being killed by your physician is the only option for a terminally ill person (they presumably having become immune to bullets, hangman's nooses, terminal deceleration, and -- importantly -- several inexpensive, painless, and non-messy methods which any person can find in a striaghtforward internet search).

I think we need to build on what we've been given, but this does need cleaning up. Is anyone else watching this page and willing to help? WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Sexual Orientation, PAS and Voluntary Euthanasia

Has anyone evaluated or analysed LGBT community opinions/attitudes toward the introduction of voluntary euthanasia or physician assisted suicide?

Calibanu (talk) 03:00, 2 July 2013 (UTC)User Calibanu

California legalizes euthanasia

With a series of safeguards: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34450058

Now the California section will need a rewrite