The Pros And Cons Of Assisted Suicide

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"It is as important to choose the way we die as it is to choose the way we live" (Gredicack, 2017). Assisted suicide allows terminal ill patients to die with the assistance of a physician. This is a much discussed topic in the United States. Some people see it as helping a dying patient die painlessly. Others identify it as, unethical and morally indefensible. After analyzing both sides, a humane person must conclude that assisted suicide should be legalized for terminal ill patients, who are mentally competent because it ends suffering and preserves their individual right of freedom.
"Who has the right to mention that I deserve to suffer for weeks or months in tremendous amount of physical and emotional pain? Why should anyone have the right