Irish mother tells how she helped her sick daughter die - VIDEO

what a strong wonderful woman helping her daughter that way.i'm very sorry she had to endure this , her ex-husband sounds like a spiteful rat.

We would have to live this to know what we might do, with some of the criticism here, I pray that you never have to deal with a situation like this.

Kay Gilderdale is a hero. I suppose it's easy for some to condemn her as they never experienced this type of situation. When my time comes and I am no longer able to enjoy anything due to pain, I hope someone will have the courage Ms.Gilderdale had.

My heart goes out to this mother. we would have to walk in this mothers shoes to understand what she must have felt. I have no idea what i would do if i had to go through what she has. I hope to God i would never come to that. with any of my children. i would rather Die in their place then to help take their life . Pray for both of these souls

Should individuals have the right to decide when and how they die? Forget all the hypothetical questions about the abuse of such a right for a second and consider that core question. If you answer NO to this question then you have to be ready to say who does have that right. Is it the State? Currently many States and folks in predominantly Christian US States seem to think it is -- cf. death penalty rates in these. Ironically many of these are the same folks who appear terrified by the idea of "death panels". If the only answer you come up with has to do with revealed teaching of "The creator (or any creator in one's imagination)" you are not going to persuade a lot of people -- like me, who find that argument irrelevant and annoying in the face of a serious situation we may each actually have to face. The only answer that stands up to scrutiny for me is that I am the one who has this right. No one else. I am the one who should be in control the morphine at the end or have someone I have entrusted do it for me.

correcting a portion of my last sentence: "the absolute prohibition of and of assisting suicide."

You have got to be freaking outta your mind, and anyone else who agrees with suicide and assisted suicide. Before I start any type of ranting - a suicide is a murderer, practically in offing one's self, and in potential when the suicide decides he wants company. There is NO real reason morally, practically, or rationally to support self murder or especially to assist in such type of murder because of the grease one applies to one's self upon stepping upon that slippery slope. And you count up the death toll to find that the number of victims outweighs the number of perpetrators of suicide. Here is where that obvious snide remark comes in, that justifies me to strap on my weapon of self defense and force the issue to have this concreted in the law books for its prohibition...and that, of course, is as far as one can timely intervene, which makes the issue a moral prohibition as opposed to the ability to enforce 100% the prohibition. The creator (or any creator in one's imagination) places us upon this earth to LIVE, and the License (not a Liberty because Liberty is that subset of freedom to do that which is right, and that which is right in the eyes of God)to murder the innocent LIFE, not being a real right at all, not only is not a right but it forbids us without a moral right to murder ourselves to give that presumption to another, which is the basis for our unalienable rights, that of Innocent life, liberty, and possessions - all necessary to preserve and maintain innocent life. The taking away of the major concept, the preservation of innocent life, makes the forbidding of suicide and definitely the prohibition of assisting in suicide, a moral issue that effects the safety of society, and as much as like the Germans, in order never to be involved in genocide again, even forbids one to deny the holocaust or to spit the Nazi salute, one must concrete into any law the absolute prohibition and assisting of suicide.

Acting out of love, yes. But now writing a book about it?? Tell me she wrote the book out of love (not money) as well.

It is every person's right to end their life if they are going through torture, if that's what they want to do. No reason to stop someone from ending their life if life is torture to them and they do not enjoy any part of life.

I have no problem with what she did; I just hope she was diagnosed correctly. I have no faith in Irish doctors and hospitals.

God Bless You Kay,everyone should have your courage.

Now if they could warm to the notion of killing those murderers caught with the smoking gun or knifee in their little handies.

cuddlybuddy I agree 100%

I think facilitating her daughter's wish was a Tremendous Act of Love