Parkinson’s Disease is a brain disorder that results in the death of vital nerve cells. It leaves its victims with painful bodily tremors and no control over their movements. Ultimately, it results in paralyzation and death, there is no cure. Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia that progresses to loss of all memory and confusion in social situations. Victims behave erratically, eventually lose their language skills, and no longer can perform daily functions like eating or bathing, there is no cure. Terminal cancer is a stage of cancer where there is no hope of recovering. The decline of patient’s health involves nausea, pain when moving, the shutdown of vital organs, and sometimes results in locked-in syndrome, where the only capable movement
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In particular, right-to-die advocates have said that patients should be able to ask their doctors for help in ending their lives, an option they say is a humane alternative to living with pain and dependency (Infobase Learning). Opposers to this movement say that the process is immoral, that “every life is immeasurable”. That statement is as true as it can get but what many don 't take into consideration is that cases that may require assisted suicide are not typical lives, they are lives already condemned. The fear of dying makes people want time, time with loved ones, time to redeem and enjoy themselves while they can. But what’s the point of time for those with a disease like Alzheimer 's, when there 's no one to share time with and when that time is filled with confusion and …show more content…
While this argument rages on people slowly suffer from something they never asked for. Chronic and terminal illnesses are unstoppable forces punishing innocents until death finally relieves them. Why make people wait? Why force them to take matters into their own hands while the decision on whether or not assisted suicide should be allowed teeters back and forth. Make Passive Euthanasia legal, give the people with no control over their bodies options on what they do with their life. Let them be done when they are ready, and give those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to
In particular, right-to-die advocates have said that patients should be able to ask their doctors for help in ending their lives, an option they say is a humane alternative to living with pain and dependency (Infobase Learning). Opposers to this movement say that the process is immoral, that “every life is immeasurable”. That statement is as true as it can get but what many don 't take into consideration is that cases that may require assisted suicide are not typical lives, they are lives already condemned. The fear of dying makes people want time, time with loved ones, time to redeem and enjoy themselves while they can. But what’s the point of time for those with a disease like Alzheimer 's, when there 's no one to share time with and when that time is filled with confusion and …show more content…
While this argument rages on people slowly suffer from something they never asked for. Chronic and terminal illnesses are unstoppable forces punishing innocents until death finally relieves them. Why make people wait? Why force them to take matters into their own hands while the decision on whether or not assisted suicide should be allowed teeters back and forth. Make Passive Euthanasia legal, give the people with no control over their bodies options on what they do with their life. Let them be done when they are ready, and give those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to