How many people like to fight about little, mundane things? How many people like to fight about who will do the dishes or what to eat for dinner? What if it comes to whether or not to allow a person end their life? Many governments talk about hefty issues like these daily. Some of these issues include abortion and disease pandemics such as Ebola. One of the most discussed issues today is assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is a controversial topic that causes debate globally regarding its legalization. The definition of assisted suicide is helping a person end his or her life, by request, in order to end suffering (Humphrey). In some areas around the world, they are allowed to perform this act. If a physician does this, the motive has
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Doctors who kill their patients without consulting other doctors and the patients’ family get charged with murder by poisoning (Sayare). This proves that what they carry out is murder. This is one matter that creates controversy among the debate involving assisted suicide. By the definition, what they do is murder and, according to the Constitution, murder is illegal. Therefore, assisted suicide should be illegal as well. Another aspect to consider while evaluating assisted suicide is the Hippocratic Oath. Within this oath, it states “Never do harm to anyone”. The Hippocratic Oath is something that every physician has to recite in order to get licensed (Belchetz). Many people believe that killing someone is the worst harm possible to a person, which goes against the …show more content…
In an interview with People Magazine she said, “My glioblastoma is going to kill me and that’s out of my control. I’ve discussed with many experts how I would die from it and it’s a terrible, terrible way to die. So being able to choose to go with dignity is less terrifying”. Maynard took the drugs that would end her life on November 1, 2014. Through her death, more attention has been put on other states legalizing assisted suicide. Brittany asked her family to continue the advocacy for this treatment that she has started. Her vision before she died was to have every state pass death with dignity laws
Doctors who kill their patients without consulting other doctors and the patients’ family get charged with murder by poisoning (Sayare). This proves that what they carry out is murder. This is one matter that creates controversy among the debate involving assisted suicide. By the definition, what they do is murder and, according to the Constitution, murder is illegal. Therefore, assisted suicide should be illegal as well. Another aspect to consider while evaluating assisted suicide is the Hippocratic Oath. Within this oath, it states “Never do harm to anyone”. The Hippocratic Oath is something that every physician has to recite in order to get licensed (Belchetz). Many people believe that killing someone is the worst harm possible to a person, which goes against the …show more content…
In an interview with People Magazine she said, “My glioblastoma is going to kill me and that’s out of my control. I’ve discussed with many experts how I would die from it and it’s a terrible, terrible way to die. So being able to choose to go with dignity is less terrifying”. Maynard took the drugs that would end her life on November 1, 2014. Through her death, more attention has been put on other states legalizing assisted suicide. Brittany asked her family to continue the advocacy for this treatment that she has started. Her vision before she died was to have every state pass death with dignity laws