Physician Assisted Suicide Research Paper

Throughout the United States, the controversial topic of physician assisted suicide has been heavily debated. Should it be legal to terminate one’s own life, with the aid of a physician, because they have been afflicted by a terminal illness? One should have the option to not suffer months of agonizing pain, but leave their life with dignity. The only states that legally allow a person of a terminal illness to have a physician assisted death are Oregon, Vermont and Washington. If passed, the End of Life Option Act, modeled after the Death with Dignity Act of Oregon, would give the people of California who have been deemed terminally ill the right to a physician assisted death. In order for those to gather the most quality from life, physician assisted death should be legalized. The idea of the End of Life Option Act …show more content…
Of course they would have to be of sound mind. In addition, the request to a physician would have to be made several times, verbally and in writing. There would be two witnesses and more than one physician involved in order for the act of a physician assisted suicide to occur. (Leno) The purpose of this law is to grant those, whom choose to avoid the suffering that is a result of their fatal ailment, the ability to take control of their own lives in a humane and dignified manner. Brittany Maynard is one of many cases in California that has caught the attention of the media. She had been diagnosed with grade 2 astrocytoma, a type of brain cancer, which after months of fighting elevated into grade 4 astrocytoma. Brittany and her family lived in California when she received her prognosis of six months to live. “After months of research, my family and I