Apoptosis - It's natural

It's Natural (Thanks to Wikipedia for this):

In biology, apoptosis (from the Greek words apo = from and ptosis = falling, commonly pronounced ap-a-tow'-sis is one of the main types of programmed cell death (PCD). As such, it is a process of deliberate life relinquishment by an unwanted cell in a multicellular organism. In contrast to necrosis, which is a form of cell death that results from acute cellular injury, apoptosis is carried out in an ordered process that generally confers advantages during an organism's life cycle. For example, the differentiation of human fingers in a developing embryo requires the cells between the fingers to initiate apoptosis so that the fingers can separate. The way the apoptotic process is executed facilitates the safe disposal of cell corpses and fragments.

In the natural world even single cells know that all life ends in death. There is a mechanism, inherent in the cell itself, to enable a cell to self-destruct with the least loss and the greatest gain to the community. It is natural for organisms to die.

The greatest good with the least harm which confers advantages to society. Sounds like a pretty good plan to me. Now if only humans, in their infinite wisdom and concert with god, could be so wise.

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A Compassionate Law and a Euthanasia Clinic

Currently, a person can not be sure whether they will be charged with a crime if they choose to be with a loved one at the end. Making those who were the most loving and caring suffer for a death by choice is cruel and needlessly barbaric.

Suicide is not illegal.

A person who is about to die should not have to be concerned with the possible legal problems their death might cause a loved one who wishes only to be with them at the time of their greatest need. A Compassionate Law would create a legal framework around which a process could be developed which would allow a person to be in close physical contact with the dying at the time of death, as long as they do not actively participate in the death process itself, and be assured that they would not be subject to persecution afterwards.

One way of ensuring compliance with a Compassionate Law would be to establish Euthanasia Clinics. These would be places, regulated by the state, where people could come together in the final hours to give solace and comfort. A well regulated Euthanasia Clinic would provide a place where a Compassionate Law could be implemented.