"My Own Choice" - euthanasia

The nationwide documentary show that airs on the Aust. Broadcasting Corp. Mondays, this coming Monday is dealing with the subject of euthanasia. The fact that this subject has now made it onto such a long running and well esteemed show is encouraging as it shows the subject is at least working it's way into the national debate.

You can see the add for it and read a bit about it here. 

Next on Four Corners reporter Liz Jackson tells Jay's story. She spends time with him finding out what his life has been like and how he lives day-to-day. She follows the path that has led him to his decision, and finds out what he thinks will be the consequences of his decision to die. 

She is there as he discusses his decision with his family and friends. She is there as he seeks the documentation that will allow him to win medical approval for his plan. 

Jay's story raises many questions: why doesn't society allow an individual with an incurable condition the right to seek assistance to end their own life? Is it right that a person is forced to go overseas to die in this way? And why don't our political representatives deal with the issue in an open and free manner? 

"They haven't had to walk in my shoes for these past 36 years and they're not going through what I go through every day, you know, and it's not about them anyway at the end of the day. It's about me and me being able to make my own, my own choice." Jay  more