Did you know that 57% of Physicians today have had requests from patients wanting assisted suicide, but not all of them could provide that. Assisted Suicide is when a physician provides their patient with a lethal amount of drugs, resulting in death, because they have been suffering. Assisted suicide is legal in 5 states, and many states are considering it. Assisted suicide should be legal, because Us humans have the right to die, especially when death is around the corner, and our lives are miserable, us humans have the right to the treatment they want to take, or don’t want to, and lastly because us humans should not have to suffer throughout our last days.
Patients should not be forced to die or take the drugs for assisted suicide, but …show more content…
According to an article done by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "The right of a competent, terminally ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embrace a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty” (www.procon.org). This is meaning that if someone is about to die and is in a lot of pain and that there is no hope to get better, we should have our right to die and end our life sooner if life is doing us no good by sitting and living in a hospital for the rest of our life just waiting to die. An article titled, Before I Die” says that doctor, Michael H. White claims he wants to make assisted suicide legal for many reasons (www.thriteen.org). One of those reasons are because assisted suicide would rise above all other options before one's death. He claims that even some of the best hospice and palliative care that won’t end one's suffering. An article done by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has also states, as a person terminally ill, we do have the right to not take the medicine and prescription drugs, so therefore we could eventually kill ourselves by not taking the meds prescribed, but assisted suicide would be more reasonable (www.procon.org). So, us as humans should have the right to die when we …show more content…
Although, patients shouldn’t have to go through suffering at end of their life. Humans should not have the right to be forced to suffer in their last days of living, because it is not reasonable. As said by Fray Girsh in an article titled, “How we Shall Die,” “It should be considered as much of a crime to make someone live who with justification does not wish to continue as it is to take life without consent" (http://euthanasia.procon.org). In this case, this person could have wanted to end their life for a number of reasons, like if they were suffering or dying and living a miserable life. Esther B. De La Torre states in an article called, The Right to assisted Suicide, that not only the patient is affected by the suffering of being terminally ill, that the family is too (http://www.lonestar.edu). This is because many families would hate to come in day after day to see their loved ones dying and on the verge of death. Seeing this day after day could be more depressing and sad seeing them in that condition. As Esther B. De La Torre has also stated an example of one person's suffering so bad that she had wanted to die (http://www.lonestar.edu). Ronald Dworkin had said that, Lillian Boyes was suffering from a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis. She had then begged her doctor to help and assist her die because she could no longer stand the pain of staying alive. Imagine if you were in her situation, would
Patients should not be forced to die or take the drugs for assisted suicide, but …show more content…
According to an article done by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "The right of a competent, terminally ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embrace a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty” (www.procon.org). This is meaning that if someone is about to die and is in a lot of pain and that there is no hope to get better, we should have our right to die and end our life sooner if life is doing us no good by sitting and living in a hospital for the rest of our life just waiting to die. An article titled, Before I Die” says that doctor, Michael H. White claims he wants to make assisted suicide legal for many reasons (www.thriteen.org). One of those reasons are because assisted suicide would rise above all other options before one's death. He claims that even some of the best hospice and palliative care that won’t end one's suffering. An article done by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has also states, as a person terminally ill, we do have the right to not take the medicine and prescription drugs, so therefore we could eventually kill ourselves by not taking the meds prescribed, but assisted suicide would be more reasonable (www.procon.org). So, us as humans should have the right to die when we …show more content…
Although, patients shouldn’t have to go through suffering at end of their life. Humans should not have the right to be forced to suffer in their last days of living, because it is not reasonable. As said by Fray Girsh in an article titled, “How we Shall Die,” “It should be considered as much of a crime to make someone live who with justification does not wish to continue as it is to take life without consent" (http://euthanasia.procon.org). In this case, this person could have wanted to end their life for a number of reasons, like if they were suffering or dying and living a miserable life. Esther B. De La Torre states in an article called, The Right to assisted Suicide, that not only the patient is affected by the suffering of being terminally ill, that the family is too (http://www.lonestar.edu). This is because many families would hate to come in day after day to see their loved ones dying and on the verge of death. Seeing this day after day could be more depressing and sad seeing them in that condition. As Esther B. De La Torre has also stated an example of one person's suffering so bad that she had wanted to die (http://www.lonestar.edu). Ronald Dworkin had said that, Lillian Boyes was suffering from a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis. She had then begged her doctor to help and assist her die because she could no longer stand the pain of staying alive. Imagine if you were in her situation, would