Johnny was alone by himself in his cold dark room. His hands were clammy and he felt miserable. “I can't believe i’m doing this” moped Johnny. He put the gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. Johnny had a terminal illness, and because the right to die is not legal, he was forced to take his own life. “From 1998 through 2005, 246 people died in Oregon as a result of physician-assisted suicide, accounting for 32.8 deaths per 10,000 Oregon deaths” (Guy, Maytal, and Theodore A. Stern). Assisted suicide is a common event, and people with no other options deserve the right to die.
Some people say that euthanasia is morally wrong. They are wrong because if somebody is dying, in the constitution, each person has the right to the pursuit of happiness, and if happiness is death, then so be it. Over 90% of people with terminal illness will endure their situation, but between 5-10% find it intolerable and request …show more content…
The government should not interfere in the most intimate and personal decision of citizens—the choice to end their lives (Rudden, Lawrence). The government likes to interfere in many of our personal lives, from spying to keeping tabs on all of our personal information. why should we let the government tell people with a terminal illness that they do not have the right to self-termination. The state of Oregon enacted the Death with Dignity Act in 1997, which made it the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. However, the U.S. Department of Justice has challenged the law on the grounds that prescribing drugs to be used in an assisted suicide is not a legitimate medical purpose for those drugs (Rudden, Lawrence). Should these people resort to more violent and conspicuous? Should these people resort to attention getting and flamboyancy and being made a spectacle or can we just let these people die in peace such as they like. These people should have
Some people say that euthanasia is morally wrong. They are wrong because if somebody is dying, in the constitution, each person has the right to the pursuit of happiness, and if happiness is death, then so be it. Over 90% of people with terminal illness will endure their situation, but between 5-10% find it intolerable and request …show more content…
The government should not interfere in the most intimate and personal decision of citizens—the choice to end their lives (Rudden, Lawrence). The government likes to interfere in many of our personal lives, from spying to keeping tabs on all of our personal information. why should we let the government tell people with a terminal illness that they do not have the right to self-termination. The state of Oregon enacted the Death with Dignity Act in 1997, which made it the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. However, the U.S. Department of Justice has challenged the law on the grounds that prescribing drugs to be used in an assisted suicide is not a legitimate medical purpose for those drugs (Rudden, Lawrence). Should these people resort to more violent and conspicuous? Should these people resort to attention getting and flamboyancy and being made a spectacle or can we just let these people die in peace such as they like. These people should have