My Right to Die: Assisted Suicide, My Family, and Me | Mother Jones

A thoughtful story from the son of a man who chose to take his own life.

During a career that lasted more than three decades, he had watched all too many of his patients struggle with their final months, and this experience had persuaded him that he would take his own life if he found himself dying of an agonizing and clearly terminal illness. Now he was. Finally, on the evening of January 29, he stumbled and fell during the night, and decided his time had come: He was afraid if he delayed any longer he'd become physically unable to remain in control of his own destiny.

My Right to Die: Assisted Suicide, My Family, and Me | Mother Jones