From Sean Williams
The article on enhanced humans states that “death will never be optional” (13 May, p 35). Nonsense. It is simply an option most people choose not to exercise every day. It is also not legal to exercise it. Until the right to choose euthanasia – to end one’s life gracefully – is accepted, the extension of human lifespan is a moral, social, medical and personal disaster waiting to happen.
The right to live must be accompanied by the right to die when one chooses. I can think of nothing worse than being forced to live beyond my means, and I suspect that many of this generation’s centenarians may be facing such a terrible fate right now.
Adelaide, South Australia
