disfigured to cancer, French women wants right to die..

[skategeezer]

boy, this is going to stir up some very deep emotions...what an unbelievable sad situation...

Chantal Sebire's euthanasia plea rejected



From correspondents in France
March 18, 2008 03:18am

• Chantal Sebire's euthanasia plea rejected
• Suffering rare cancer that has left her disfigured
• Says she'll find other means to end her life

Hell on Earth ... Chantal Sebire's plea to die by euthanasia has been rejected by a French court / AFP


A FRENCH court has rejected a request from a 52-year-old severely disfigured former schoolteacher for the right to die, in a case that has stirred much emotion in France.
The high court in Dijon, eastern France, decided to side with the prosecution which argued current legislation does not allow Chantal Sebire's doctor to prescribe lethal drugs.

In her appeal to the court, Ms Sebire said she did not want to endure further pain and subject herself to an irreversible worsening of her condition. She asked the court to allow her doctor to help her end her life.

A mother of three who lives in the Bourgogne region of eastern France, Ms Sebire drew a strong outpour of sympathy when she appealed in a television interview last month for the right to "depart peacefully''.

Before-and-after pictures of the woman, her face severely deformed, have been featured in the press and her account of frightened children who run away at the sight of her has drawn sympathy.
Ms Sebire learnt in 2002 that she had developed an esthesioneuroblastoma, an uncommon malignant tumour in the nasal cavity, which she said has led to "atrocious'' suffering.

"In 2000, I lost the sense of smell and taste ... and I lost my sight in October 2007,'' she said in the television interview.

"One would not allow an animal to go through what I have endured,'' she said before urging President Nicolas Sarkozy to intervene and grant her request.

Commenting on the case, Justice Minister Rachida Dati said last week doctors were not there to prescribe lethal drugs.

Legislation adopted in 2005 allows families to request life-support equipment for a terminally-ill patient be switched off, but does not allow a doctor to take action to end a patient's life.

Mr Sarkozy asked his chief adviser on health issues to contact Ms Sebire and seek a second opinion on her condition.

Ms Sebire has said she will not appeal the decision rendered today and she would find life-terminating drugs through other means.

"I now know how to get my hands on what I need and if I don't get it in France, I will get it elsewhere,'' she said.

Only 200 cases of the disease have been recorded worldwide in two decades.

[Mile_High_Mark]

Anything Goes (almost) Whatever... just no religion, porn or politics.

[Wells]

Anything Goes (almost) Whatever... just no religion, porn or politics.

In before lock.

[skategeezer]

yeah, i figured this kind of transcends politics
it's a question of ethics...

damn, MHM, you are almost at 18K posts...

[SteveC]

"One would not allow an animal to go through what I have endured,''

That's the bit that gets me, it's so true.

[BergaLiden]

Fuck. .

[Jam]

"One would not allow an animal to go through what I have endured,''

That's the bit that gets me, it's so true.

Here here.

[Braden343]

Wow, I guess I should just be grateful I only have to deal with broken bones and bloody noses.

[holyroller]

i would want the same thing if i was in her shoes.

[slither9192]

I don't see why they wont euthanize(sp.) her. they know she will do it wether they help or not. Very sad and I think she has every right to end her life. It seems like torture to not let her end her life.

[Kobes]

This is so sad. This case reminds me of that one woman in Florida about 2-3 years ago who was taken off her feeding tubes by a court. The bad part was that the she was not being harmed by living off of the tubes and should have been allowed to live. They yanked the cords on her which evidently stopped feeding her, where she eventually died in about a week to due starvation and not getting her medicene. This was all because her husband didnt want her to live/he thought this was what was best for her.

[basstard]

:-

[lexx]

In before lock.

seconded....

[Cranks]

This is so sad. This case reminds me of that one woman in Florida about 2-3 years ago who was taken off her feeding tubes by a court. The bad part was that the she was not being harmed by living off of the tubes and should have been allowed to live. They yanked the cords on her which evidently stopped feeding her, where she eventually died in about a week to due starvation and not getting her medicene. This was all because her husband didnt want her to live/he thought this was what was best for her.

who are you to say it wasn't in her interests too? that whole debate was because she couldn't communicate her wishes. This should be cut and dried. If i was a doctor i would #### the rules and prescribe her whatever she wants.

[Alpha06]

This is so sad. This case reminds me of that one woman in Florida about 2-3 years ago who was taken off her feeding tubes by a court. The bad part was that the she was not being harmed by living off of the tubes and should have been allowed to live. They yanked the cords on her which evidently stopped feeding her, where she eventually died in about a week to due starvation and not getting her medicene. This was all because her husband didnt want her to live/he thought this was what was best for her.

Terry schiavo cost thousands of dollars to mantain alive per day, and she was in a vegetative comatose state with no chance of recovery.

who are you to say it wasn't in her interests too? that whole debate was because she couldn't communicate her wishes. This should be cut and dried. If i was a doctor i would #### the rules and prescribe her whatever she wants.

Dr Kivorkian spent 8 years in jail and lost his license, and he was charged for second degree murder when he tried...

[Kobes]

who are you to say it wasn't in her interests too? that whole debate was because she couldn't communicate her wishes. This should be cut and dried. If i was a doctor i would #### the rules and prescribe her whatever she wants.

Dude, im not trying to say that it was or wasnt in her best interests at all, i was just merely stating something that happened in relations to this thread. So just chill alright...

[MalakaiKingston]

Hey look over there!