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Assisted Suicide Arguments Against Euthanasia

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Assisted suicide or Euthanasia has been a controversy since even before Doctor Kevorkian was arrested in 1999 for assisting suicide to terminally ill patients. Since and before Kevorkian a number of countries have legalized euthanasia as well as 5 US states. The questions we face are will assisted suicide lead to a slippery slope, does it go against the oath “do no harm” and are patients really in the right state of mind to make the choice of assisted suicide?
A primary concern of some professionals is; “How far could euthanasia go?” “Taking the life in the name of compassion also invites a slippery slope toward ending the lives of people with nonterminal conditions.”What if this does not stop at the terminally ill and carries over to the …show more content…

Assisted suicide does not go against “do no harm” ,but also supports the principle“relieve suffering.” Opponents of euthanasia say“Even with the most advanced medical care we can still cure occasionally but comfort always. However, this is not always true. It is not always possible to meet the needs of all patient A common misconception formed by opponents is that a doctor has to put the drug in an IV for assisted suicide ,however this is untrue. When a patient chooses assisted suicide they must administer the drug themselves. The doctor is not doing any harm in the process of assisted suicide. "(Legalizing Euthanasia Can Become a Slippery Slope.")
If a person feels like assisted suicide is their only option are they really in the right state of my mind to make a life ending decision? “People who request death are vulnerable. They need care and protection. To offer them lethal drugs is a victory not for freedom but for the worst form of neglect.” People who feel that death is there only option need consoling and support. How can we truly know how much testing and assessment is done? With proper care some of these people may choose life. ("Euthanasia Devalues Human Life and Limits Individual Freedom."

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In the Newsweek article, “Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong,” by Ryan Anderson, it is stated that the legalization of assisted suicide “would be a grave mistake.” Anderson provides a few examples of why assisted suicide is detrimental. One, he states it leads to an endangerment of the weak and disenfranchised in societies. His outlook is that the purported safeguards of eliminating risk has mainly been nonexistent, which in some countries like the Netherlands who has legalized physician assisted suicide (PSA), has lead to doctors administering lethal injections to patients without request. Two, Anderson, sees assisted suicide as a compromise in the practice of medicine.

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Assisted Suicide, also called physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is not a light topic. There are slight differences in the methods yet, people hear the words and think of immoral acts such as mental health suicide or murder. Assisted Suicide occurs when a physician makes a medicine available that will cause the patient to die (CNN, 2). It is crucial to have a stance on these baffling subjects hence the possibility that we may someday face the same question. Numerous emotional and mental factors, such as mental health and autonomy play a difference in why assisted suicide is a moral choice.

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