Right to Die Laws
Introduction
Disease, pain, and suffering are all a very real part of our world. Though these are things we attempt to avoid, they find many of us, and end others. Diseases like Cancer, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and many others bring wonderful people to atrocious demises. Furthermore, events such as car accidents, shootings, and malicious beatings results in other painful deaths. No family wishes to watch their loved ones suffer and live their final days in pain. Because of this, Right to Die Laws have been introduced to certain parts of the country. These laws provide suffering patients with the option to seek painless death caused by physician registered euthanasia. This idea has been gaining popularity and has already …show more content…
Death is no topic to be taken lightly, especially in a case where it is a choice and not just an event. The fact is that these laws have been developed, these procedures have been developed not to kill but to prevent the suffering of those who are nearing death. This can’t be done to just anyone who is nearing their end, it is a choice. Even more it is a choice that requires a lot of paperwork which gives the patient plenty of time to make a decision in the matter. Nixing the notion that this could be a pressured or forced decision. This idea is not just a whimsical thought, some of our states have already accepted a version of the Right to Die Laws. Five states have adopted the Right to Die or Death with Dignity laws, which are one in the same, these states are Washington, California, Oregon, Montana, and …show more content…
Take in to account that a dying patient can be on hospice care for months at a time, there can be quite a bill run up for the family of the patient. Inversely however, the most expensive form of Right to Die procedure costs $1000 one time. The mind of a dying patient needn’t worry about the financial burden they are placing on their family along with worrying about their pain. This whole movement is about making the death process quicker and less painful. This whole process has been adopted with success in many countries including Belgium who recently made it available for even children! The world recognizes a need for the end of suffering and its time this country does the
Introduction
Disease, pain, and suffering are all a very real part of our world. Though these are things we attempt to avoid, they find many of us, and end others. Diseases like Cancer, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and many others bring wonderful people to atrocious demises. Furthermore, events such as car accidents, shootings, and malicious beatings results in other painful deaths. No family wishes to watch their loved ones suffer and live their final days in pain. Because of this, Right to Die Laws have been introduced to certain parts of the country. These laws provide suffering patients with the option to seek painless death caused by physician registered euthanasia. This idea has been gaining popularity and has already …show more content…
Death is no topic to be taken lightly, especially in a case where it is a choice and not just an event. The fact is that these laws have been developed, these procedures have been developed not to kill but to prevent the suffering of those who are nearing death. This can’t be done to just anyone who is nearing their end, it is a choice. Even more it is a choice that requires a lot of paperwork which gives the patient plenty of time to make a decision in the matter. Nixing the notion that this could be a pressured or forced decision. This idea is not just a whimsical thought, some of our states have already accepted a version of the Right to Die Laws. Five states have adopted the Right to Die or Death with Dignity laws, which are one in the same, these states are Washington, California, Oregon, Montana, and …show more content…
Take in to account that a dying patient can be on hospice care for months at a time, there can be quite a bill run up for the family of the patient. Inversely however, the most expensive form of Right to Die procedure costs $1000 one time. The mind of a dying patient needn’t worry about the financial burden they are placing on their family along with worrying about their pain. This whole movement is about making the death process quicker and less painful. This whole process has been adopted with success in many countries including Belgium who recently made it available for even children! The world recognizes a need for the end of suffering and its time this country does the