Death With Dignity
The nation’s eyes opened when twenty nine-year-old Brittany Maynard publicly made the decision that she was going to end her life. When she learned that even with surgery her death was inevitable, she moved with her husband and mother to the first state that made the Death with Dignity Act legal, Oregon. Brittany Maynard did not want to die in vain: “She said, “I will rob cancer of the ability to take everything of me before it takes my life”” (Printz). The right to die with dignity is ethical in many cases similar to Brittany Maynard’s and should be available in The United States because people shouldn’t have to suffer severe illnesses, there should be an option available for Physician-Assisted death, which helps with peace of mind, and they should not face a penalty for going about the process.
Times have changed; “Assisted Death” has become more common. We’ve come a long way from where assisted suicide started. Terminology changes throughout history. Many terms that used to be acceptable are no longer acceptable to be respectful to …show more content…
Myles Lewis, Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology, states clearly that if Physician-Assisted Death is legal that it should be up to these standards for doctors: “The law must state clearly that doctors can always refuse to perform assisted death, in order to reassure doctors that they will never be forced to perform this procedure.” (Tallis 186). For example, some gynaecologists now refuse to perform terminations of pregnancy. If this same process is followed for Physician-Assisted Death, then there may not be as much controversy. A considerable part of making Physician-Assisted Death legal, is just having the option ““[Physician-Assisted Death] many people talk about it without doing it,” says Weibe. “That talk gives them some peace of mind... when they know that if it [their terminal illness] ever gets too bad, then they can face it better.”” (Gulli
The nation’s eyes opened when twenty nine-year-old Brittany Maynard publicly made the decision that she was going to end her life. When she learned that even with surgery her death was inevitable, she moved with her husband and mother to the first state that made the Death with Dignity Act legal, Oregon. Brittany Maynard did not want to die in vain: “She said, “I will rob cancer of the ability to take everything of me before it takes my life”” (Printz). The right to die with dignity is ethical in many cases similar to Brittany Maynard’s and should be available in The United States because people shouldn’t have to suffer severe illnesses, there should be an option available for Physician-Assisted death, which helps with peace of mind, and they should not face a penalty for going about the process.
Times have changed; “Assisted Death” has become more common. We’ve come a long way from where assisted suicide started. Terminology changes throughout history. Many terms that used to be acceptable are no longer acceptable to be respectful to …show more content…
Myles Lewis, Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology, states clearly that if Physician-Assisted Death is legal that it should be up to these standards for doctors: “The law must state clearly that doctors can always refuse to perform assisted death, in order to reassure doctors that they will never be forced to perform this procedure.” (Tallis 186). For example, some gynaecologists now refuse to perform terminations of pregnancy. If this same process is followed for Physician-Assisted Death, then there may not be as much controversy. A considerable part of making Physician-Assisted Death legal, is just having the option ““[Physician-Assisted Death] many people talk about it without doing it,” says Weibe. “That talk gives them some peace of mind... when they know that if it [their terminal illness] ever gets too bad, then they can face it better.”” (Gulli