Arguments Against Physician Assisted Suicide

Physician assisted suicide is not innovative. Health Care providers are telling their clients that they are not worth the money of treatment when it would just be cheaper for death. In 2008, Oregon resident Barbara Wagger needed chemotherapy to fight lung cancer. The Oregon Health Plan office would not pay $4,000 per month because it was not within their guidelines of treatment. Although they did offer to pay $50 for lethal prescription drugs to end her life. Wagner told the local newspaper “To say to someone, ‘We’ll pay for you to die, but not pay for you to live,’ it’s cruel.” It makes the terminally ill feel like a burden to everyone else. As Kirsten Powers asked “Is anyone ashamed that we live in a culture where people believe that if

It is not just happening to adults, it is happening to kids and sometimes, they don’t even get a choice. In April, a 47-year-old Dutch mother of two was granted her wish to die because of long-standing tinnitus. In late 2012, 45-year-old deaf twins were euthanized in Belgium rather than face the prospect of losing their sight. (Expanding) Legalization would also be bad for families of the terminally ill. Suicide leaves people thinking about sadness, anger and possibly committing suicide themselves. Physician assisted suicide also requires no family notification. Also people may think why would the patient agree to this, but the truth is terminally ill people are overwhelmed, depressed, very vulnerable, and easily influenced. (Legalized) Doctor’s who were all for it and started using it when it was first legalized in 1994 think that this situation is out of control. The physician who created euthanasia and physician assisted suicide is not for it. He is quoted as saying “This situation has gone off the rails.” (Expanding). Also doctors aren’t going to have to go through as much schooling for treatment if they can just kill them instead. You have to have skill and training to provide end of life care, but it doesn’t take skill to kill. It's a simple and affordable solution that puts an end to patients, not diseases. It gives physicians a lot power and makes people think that they are all mean so that