Pros And Cons Of Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide

Physician assisted suicide is a topic that is often debated in Tennessee because many people believe the practice is unethical. People consider this unethical because they feel as if physicians should not assist patients because “doctors have taken their credo to be Do no harm” (The Last Choice). However, Tennessee should permit physician assisted suicide because people are in control of their own lives, suffering is not reasonable for patients, and physicians are paid to give medicine. If Tennessee legalizes physician assisted suicide husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, and children could all watch their loved one's pass away slowly, but peacefully.
People are in control of their own lives, in many occasions citizens in America have the choice to control their own lives unbothered. But when physician assisted suicide is mentioned, Tennessee disagrees with the practice. Brittany Maynard was a twenty-nine year old woman who suffered from terminal brain cancer and later decided to participate in physician assisted suicide. Before Maynard passed away, she said, “I didn’t launch this campaign because I wanted attention; in fact, it’s hard for me to …show more content…
If physicians have the job to practice medicine, then Tennessee should permit professionals to do their jobs. A Tennessean by the name of John Jay Hooker has terminal cancer, and he desires assisted suicide, but a judge ruled against his request. The judge claims that physician assisted suicide is “criminal conduct” (Tennesseans). If other states have legalized this problem solver, then Tennessee should because if they truly cared for their citizens, legalization would not be questioned. Also, Tennessee should consider the lives of physicians, it is their occupation and citizens lives that truly matter. The state fails to realize that it is physician's duty to provide medication for patients that are