Readers offer passionate arguments on both sides of ‘reasoned suicide’ debate

Dozens of reader emails and online comments poured in following my recent column about the decision of my 89-year-old mother to take her life.
In case you missed that column, I’ll explain that when my mother, Alice Whiting, was about 60 years old she announced to the family that when she felt the quality of her life was no longer worth living she would take control of her death.
We are family — Whitings left: Alice Whiting (mom), Jennifer Holcomb (sister), David Whiting, and Allen, (