“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference”—Jane Goodball. No one should life for granted. Life and death is in hands of god, he decides our arrival time and departure time. Assisted Suicide is an inevitable topic. There are only four countries that have legalized assisted suicide, so clearly government does not want people to kill themselves and give up and so do I. I do not agree with the fact that people should suicide to end all their agony. People should learn to fight against their problems and never lose hope. Therefore, the US government should not pass a law legalizing physician-assisted suicide because doctors are supposed to heal not harm, suicide is a selfish move and risk
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On one hand, there are some deadly diseases and on the other hand there are actually cures to many of them, at least we can hope for it. In the article, “In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia” by Sidney Hook, an octogenarian shares his experience of taking the risk and coming back to life. He was on deathbed but he beat the death simply because his doctor took the risk of saving his life instead of giving him lethal drugs. He was going through congestive heart failure. “In one of my lucid intervals, during those days of agony, I asked my physician to discontinue all life supporting services or show me how to do it. He refused and told me that someday I would appreciate the unwisdom of my request” (243). This is evidence where the doctor was not less than an angel who did not lose hope and took the risk of saving his patient and bringing him back from the point where all his hope was gone and he simply wanted to end his life and free himself from all the pain. Not only that, by taking the risk he got more time to see smiles on his family’s faces who have been in grief since the time he was in hospital. Saying no to death and yes to life gave him more time to enjoy his life a little
On one hand, there are some deadly diseases and on the other hand there are actually cures to many of them, at least we can hope for it. In the article, “In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia” by Sidney Hook, an octogenarian shares his experience of taking the risk and coming back to life. He was on deathbed but he beat the death simply because his doctor took the risk of saving his life instead of giving him lethal drugs. He was going through congestive heart failure. “In one of my lucid intervals, during those days of agony, I asked my physician to discontinue all life supporting services or show me how to do it. He refused and told me that someday I would appreciate the unwisdom of my request” (243). This is evidence where the doctor was not less than an angel who did not lose hope and took the risk of saving his patient and bringing him back from the point where all his hope was gone and he simply wanted to end his life and free himself from all the pain. Not only that, by taking the risk he got more time to see smiles on his family’s faces who have been in grief since the time he was in hospital. Saying no to death and yes to life gave him more time to enjoy his life a little