Medically Assisted Death Argumentative Essay

edically assisted death is a debate that our nation has been struggling with for many decades. It presents many concerns among Americans, and people throughout the world. It is a very controversial topic; as you need to look at religion, finances, ethics, history, and politics. The United States is still trying to reach a solid conclusion in forty-five states. The first state to legalize medically assisted death was Oregon in 1997. Ever since then, four other states: Montana, California, Vermont, and Washington have worked to make medically assisted death legal. In Montana, medically assisted death is only legal through court rulings. Each state has different stipulations to what circumstances it is legal under. The legal definition of medically assisted death in the court of law is suicide by a patient facilitated by means (as a drug prescription) or by information (as an indication of lethal dosage) provided by a physician who is aware of the patient’s intent. Many …show more content…
This is due to the case of Morris vs Brandenberg. The question that his case presented to the New Mexico Supreme Court was if a physician is willing, should it be legal for him/her to administer lethal drugs to a patient upon request. This only caused medically assisted suicide to become legal in Bernalillo County. New Mexico is not currently working to legalize it throughout the whole state. On October 5th, 2015 California governor, Jerry Brown, signs the End of Life Option Act. The End of Life Option Act is when physicians and patients must agree to a laid out process for patients and heath care providers who want to take steps under the law. No patient, physician, or pharmacist is required to take part in medically assisted suicide. The law allows health care providers and pharmacists to legally decide that they do or do not want to administer the lethal drug to