Essay On Right To Die Controversy

The Right-To-Die Controversy is a very tough one. It’s hard to know who gets say in whether a person lives or dies if their wishes were not clear. Usually people will have a power of attorney, a person that decides everything when the ill person can no longer speak or decide for themselves. Even then, it is still a hard decision to make. Choosing to end a loved ones life is never an easy task.
Euthanasia is “the practice of ending the life of a person suffering from an incurable condition.”(Berk) I don’t really think anyone has the right to make end-of-life decisions besides the person dying or who that person chose to make the decisions for them. I think this because what if a child of the person was chosen to make the decision and it turns out the dying person didn’t get along with their child. The child may make decisions based on what they want and not what their parent would have wanted. I realize someone has to decide what to do when a patient is near death or has no hope of recovery, or when the patient’s wishes were unclear. If the dying person didn’t pick someone to make these decisions, I think it should be a family consensus. I think this because then less family members are likely to be upset with the decision made. If the members of the family …show more content…
I also wouldn’t call this suicide, I think of it as a peaceful way for a person to go. I had to witness this first hand. I had to say goodbye to a loved one before they decided to stop doing treatment. My aunt had breast cancer and everyday we went to see her, you could just see how much pain she was going through. This is why I think assisted suicide is justifiable. I don 't ever want to see any of my loved ones go through the pain and suffering that my aunt did. I would of rather of had her do assisted suicide so she wouldn’t of had to suffer so much. The last few days of her life, she was in tremendous pain and it was hard to