There has been many debates with the laws on assisted suicide, we’ve found that active euthanasia is illegal throughout the united states, montana, oregon, washington, vermont, california, colorado.(infobase learning)
What’s the difference with killing someone and letting someone die?
There's a difference between (active euthanasia) and (passive euthanasia), death as in shooting
a person and death by lightning or by disease. (procon). There's a difference between killing and letting someone die. The difference is in killing it’s like asking someone to shoot you but the person who wants you to kill them in giving you permission to end their life. With letting someone die is like a doctor whose patient is in serious condition and is going through severe pain. The doctors isn't doing anything about it, because they can’t and they tell their patient what they can do it like, unplug them for the machine or take a lethal injection that will slowly stop their heart with no pain. See the thing with letting someone died is if the patient doesn’t want to take the injection, or unplug and the doctor tell
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Artificial respirators, for example, can help people breathe, and feeding tubes can provide sustenance for patients unable to swallow, allowing such individuals to live for years, even if they exhibit minimal brain activity lengthened life spans and, in some cases, improved the quality of life for the elderly and the ill, they have also introduced new moral questions regarding end-of-life decisions.(infobase). Some patients with terminal, painful, or disabling illness or whose quality of life is extremely poor should have autonomy and the right to choose a dignified death. Courts have ruled that patients have a right to refuse medical treatment, and they should also have the legal right to hasten their deaths with professional help