John B. Rehm's Right To Die

The story of John B. Rehm is a heart breaking one Rehm was a Lawyer who had to go through Parkinson's Disease. Rehm wanted to die to end his pain and suffering in Maryland which at the time did not have any sort of law supporting Right to Die, so his request was rejected just like Quinlan's but for different reason. To Rehm this was a devastating fact and could no longer bear the disease according to Rehm’s wife “Rehm chose to stop eating or drinking until he died several days later, on June 23.” (washingtonpost.com). The thought that John B. Rehm had to go through that disease and getting rejected his hope of ending it is sad on top of that he starved ending up in him suffering far more, his story led to his state debating about the “Right to Die”. Rehm’s suffering will not be in vain Rehm’s suffering will eventually end the suffering of future patients who do the same personal request. What John B. Rehm went through should not happen causing suffering to himself on top of Parkinson's itself Back in January 21st of 2009, no people should get permission to kill another group of people this was stated by (internationaltaskforce.org). …show more content…
The Right to Die does not give permission for Physicians to kill their patients it is an option implemented if patient no longer want to bear the pain of an inevitable illness what was stated above by the International Task Force is described as murder while Right to Die is not murder it is to end