http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/10/18/death-on-demand
Death comes in many ways. Some beautiful. Some terrible. For some, unbearable. Some states have voted to let doctors help ease the way. The language itself is a battlefield: right to die, “death with dignity,” assisted suicide.
A lethal prescription of barbituates – carefully considered, sipped yourself – and you’re gone. It’s legal in Oregon, Washington. Failed legalization efforts in California, Maine, Hawaii. Now, it’s on the ballot in Massachusetts.
This hour, On Point: A transcontinental conversation about how we do, should, and might die.
-Tom Ashbrook
