In 1976, a girl named Karen Quinlan consumed too much alcohol and prescription drugs at a party. She lost consciousness and ceased, her parents fought a year to get her respirator removed which would ensure an end to her life. Eventually they won the battle and when Karen’s respirator was removed she began breathing naturally for nearly a decade. Many assisted suicides could go wrong, and this proves it. Karen did not get to choose her fate for herself so her parents did. They decided to go with assisted suicide, but it just so happened she awoken. Other people choosing for the people who can't make choices can sometimes end a life that could've once again, been saved. One cannot improve human freedom and dignity by devaluing human life like they did to Kate. Appreciation of her parents act was not given; Kate felt as if she was trying to be put down, like they put down dogs. Assisted suicide should be illegal because it devalues human life by stating that the results of getting support for ending a "poor quality life" with medical intervention would be a good thing because less “pain” and problems to go through.
Assisted suicide without a doubt devalues human life and makes people feel meaningless. If these people say they want to die, others may be tempted to regard this not as a call for help, but as the reasonable response to what they agree is
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However, I argue that anybody feeling any kind of pain shouldn’t be given the choice to end their life. You’re getting rid of the situation they’re in, but at the same time getting rid of them. Life is something fragile and valuable, whether they’re pleading for death or not, they are vulnerable and need care and more options. Not the ‘freedom’ to go and end their