Thread: WASHINGTON STATE: Booth Gardner,a former Washington state governor & assisted suicide
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Old 12-12-2007, 05:43 AM
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Default the story in the NYTimes
The New York Times Magazine on Sunday, Dec 2, carried the following story on Booth and his campaign for death with dignity. I thought the article was really good - a balanced, thoughtful essay written by a man whose father has PD.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/ma...ewanted=1&_r=1

I know Booth; he is exactly as described in this story - absolutely still full of life although suffering increasingly with PD symptoms. The holistic PD clinic near Seattle that I go to is named for him. Just because he wants control over how he dies doesn't mean that he lives without the best care available now.

After reading this story, I feel less supportive of the legalization of assisted suicide. But I still think taking my own life at the end of a long battle with PD is an option - legal or not.
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