The Right to Have Dignity When Dying
“Medical assistance in dying (MAID) involves intentionally ending one's life with the assistance of a medical doctor.” States around the United States have been debating whether it should be legal to euthanize someone who has a terminal illness. When dealing with the end of your life, it is a very difficult decision on when to stop fighting; euthanasian is the beginning to a new decision.
The medical assistance of being euthanized has been in debate for a long time and is becoming legal in certain states. The law has a major role in this debate, the reason being, legislation must support the issue of euthanasian for it to pass. According to the article, “End-of-life battle” Elizabeth Elliott states, “Supporters of such legislation hope to see their success spread to other states, saying that offering the
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Some may say that people are going to abuse euthanasia and should value their lives better. In the article, “Medical assistance in dying” states, “Allowing "the state to kill will cheapen the value of human life" and as such, it decided that even those who have terminal illnesses cannot be allowed to make a conscious choice of death over life by seeking to control how and when they want to die.” This article is disagreeing with the concept of euthanasian because it is making life not as valuable as it was before. In the article, “Medical assistance in dying” states, ““Allowing doctors to lawfully participate in taking life would be contrary to this responsibility, because it would "send a strong signal that there are circumstances in which the state approves of suicide." This court is making the statement that allowing for euthanasian can be viewed as allowing suicide. They believe that having medical assistance in dying can be taken advantage of. Euthanasian is a very diverse opinion and can be viewed in many ways both positive and