Physician Assisted Suicide

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The reasons behind Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted suicide (PAS) claim that terminally ill people should have the right to end their suffering with a quick, dignified, and compassionate death (Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legal?). The right to die is every human’s choice. Choosing Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide can provide a terminally ill patient with a good end. It can also make it easier on the patients’ family knowing that they chose that it was their time to go. When choosing Euthanasia, the patient is showing strength and dignity.
Did you know that the word euthanasia originated in the Greek language and it means a good death? Some people argue that the right to die is protected by the same constitutional

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