Assisted Suicide Should Be Illegal Essay

4% of 886, this is the number of patients who had assisted suicide and failed that later went on to kill themselves, this number may seem low but it is still too high. Assisted suicide is when there is a patient who is very ill or in a lot of pain, and there doctor or nurse helps them to die. A drug is given to the patient's called euthanasia, this is what is given to patients to help to end their life faster then naturally dying. Which is why it is called assisted suicide, because we are not killing ourselves, though on the flip side we are getting help from someone to kill us, which is very wrong, and should remain illegal in all states and countries. It should remain illegal because patients should not be forced to die or take drugs for …show more content…
To begin, even though patients have the right to the treatment and the they have the right to turn down the offered treatment, on the flip side people believe it is wrong, and the patients should not be forced to die or take drugs for assisted suicide. First religion is a big factor in not having assisted suicide According to debate.org, religious people believe that God created us, and he has planned our lives for us. And if we are killing ourselves, then we are wasting the life that God has given us. Also it is “selfish to take your own life”. Next, according to http://www.thecompassionatechoice.com, “We could have a terminal illness and if we are given the right medication then we could recover and not die.” For example, this same source states, “A hospice nurse told me about a lovely 24-year-old given three months to live. Five years later, she is still with us and the mother of a child” this is stated on this same source. This shows that a person could have months to live, and after the right treatments and medication they could live years longer. So we don’t need to take the drugs that will help us die, we can live. Also offering assisted suicide would cause