Assisted Suicide Euthanasia

Assisted Suicide: The Act of Many Names Assisted suicide, an act with many names: assisted suicide, voluntary euthanasia, death with dignity, aid in dying, self chosen death, ect. The idea of this act has been misconstrued to fit the arguments of those who oppose it. Assisted suicide is the act of killing oneself with the help of a doctor in the use of a deadly drug for terminally ill patients, with consent. Assisted suicide is not mercy killing. Mercy killing is one of those names that has been used by opponents of assisted suicide in order to convince the audience that assisted suicide is not moral . Mercy killing as opposed to assisted suicide is taking another person’s life because they are unable to. This means that there is little to no consent given in mercy killing, and it is considered murder. The few laws that allow assisted suicide state that the patient must be fully aware and capable of making their decision. Assisted suicide is also not a slippery slope that will lead to all people in misery to commit suicide. Yet another example of the incorrect way that the opposition describes assisted suicide. Under the laws in place in five of the fifty states assisted suicide is legal in, it is strictly regulated for those who are terminally ill. Terminally ill is defined as a disease that cannot be treated or cured, and that the …show more content…
It is an opportunity. An opportunity to escape weeks even months of suffering. The opposition, the religious leaders, and lawmakers who do not support assisted suicide do not completely understand this idea. They have heard words like mercy killing which do not correctly exemplify the definition of assisted suicide. They have jumped to the conclusion that death must be illegal. They assume that if we legalize one form of death, which is consensual then what will stop us from legalizing murder. Five states have already seen the error in that thinking, the remaining forty-five need to follow