Convention Assisted Suicide Reflection

I believe that the convention simulation from my point of view was an amazing learning tool. I have grown up listening to others do nothing but complain about how poorly the government is handling a situation. I bet almost all of those critics I had been listening to for all those years had no idea the amount of time and energy is spent in running this country. I had no idea how hard it was going to be to get over half of the class to get in the same boat on an issue during the convention. I was a little confused about how Texas threatening to secede was connected to the convention though. Were they going to secede if their constitutional amendments were not passed? However this did not interfere with the things I learned during the convention …show more content…
I felt like it had a strong chance of getting passed but it was overwhelmingly denied by a vote of 59 yay and 103 nay. It was obvious to me that the group who presented the bill spent a lot of time developing their idea onto paper and also felt very strongly about their bill. The presentation of the bill covered most areas from opposition thoroughly, including patients that were not mentally capable of making that kind of decision, prisoners who were serving a life sentence, as well as making 3 doctors medically clear the decision for the assisted suicide. However I believe their downfall came when the issues of sick children, individuals in a persistent vegetative state, and researching cures for these terminal illnesses. The bills strongest opposition was that this is not something that should be included in our Constitution. What states what should and should not be included in our Constitution? Why should suicide be expelled from our Constitution because it is a touchy subject that people do not like to talk about? Suicide is so frowned a pawn in our society that assisted suicide carries a lot of the burden. I feel that the convention strayed away from the fact that it was a good idea or not and the debate shifted towards whether the issue has a place in the Constitution. I liked and voted for this bill and with a little bit of tweaking I believe that this bill was worthy of the conventions acceptance. I was disappointed that my fellow delegates did not feel the same way I did about the bill, but that is a perfect example of democracy. The majority of delegates felt the bill did not deserve to be pushed