Suicide is only recommend if a person suffers severe health pain or depression without any chance of recovery or cure. Many countries allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives with a doctor's supervision. Belgium, Lexemboug, Canada, Netherlands are countries that legalized Assisted suicide. 5 American States (California included) also allow sick people to legally end their lives.
South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu has revealed that he wants to have the option of an assisted death. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and anti-apartheid campaigner said that he did "not wish to be kept alive at all costs", writing in the Washington Post newspaper on his 85th birthday. Mr Tutu came out in favour of assisted dying in 2014, without specifying if he personally wanted to have the choice. He was hospitalised last month for surgery to treat recurring infection.
There is no specific legislation in South Africa governing assisted dying. But in a landmark ruling in April 2015, a South African court granted a terminally ill man the right to die, prompting calls for a clarification of the laws in cases of assisted death. The Anglican Church - of which Mr Tutu is a member - is staunchly against assisted dying.
This is not the first time Mr Tutu has come out against the church, however. He is an outspoken supporter of gay rights, and has openly criticised conservative Christian attitudes to homosexuality. In 2013, he said would "refuse to go to a homophobic heaven" in favour of "the other place". At the time, he added: "I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this."
Earlier this year, he blessed his daughter Mpho's marriage with her female partner, despite South African Anglican law on marriage stating that "holy matrimony is the lifelong and exclusive union between one man and one woman".
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1. Would you support Assisted Suicide Bill to be Passed into Law in Nigeria?
2. Is anything wrong for a sick person to demand death by killing himself?
3. For Christians & Muslims, what is the take of Assisted Suicide in Quran or Bible?
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no one has the right to end life
Johnson Ahile
his choice, not anyone
Sola Ajiboye Omotowo
The Bible is against it!
Endy Edeson
@sola: can you give me reference from the bible about it?
Olatunji Lawal Gbolahan
remember mandela issue in south africa,
Endy Edeson
@Olatunji: i can't rack that right now. can you please remind me?
Kelly Murphy
Yes
if somebody can't survive the condition he is in and you as person sees
that there is no other option you got the right to end the life if the
disease approves it
Jeremiah Ademolu
No am nt
Ehiagwina Enoredia
I
get where he is coming from,sm families will just have the person on
life support for long knowing der is no hope,so totally get his side,why
keep him when der is no chance.
Kelly Murphy
Yes
Kelly Murphy
A person on 100 years of age suffering from cancer you still trying to save him,is of no use you better end it up for him you know because surely he can't be cured because the whole replacement tissues in his body is weakBetty Michael Esene
No Man Has A Right To Take His Or Any1 Life
Amarachi Obi-Evergreen
Thou Shall not kill! Simple instruction from God, so why can't we keep it?
Edet Daniel
Archbishop should be removed from his name with immediate effect
Adesuyi Olukayode
I
NEED TO BE EDUCATED IF BISHOP TUTU IS STILL ON THE LORD SIDE OR WORLD
AND SATAN SIDE ? AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BISHOP WHO SHOULD BE LEADING
PEOPLE TO GOD IS NOW DOING THE OTHERWISE. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIM.