The Pros And Cons Of Assisted Suicide

The thought of having assisted suicide as a legal way of dying is a topic that involves not only those in the United States but also people worldwide. The debate over if a dying patient has the right to die with the assistance of a doctor is a heavily debated topic. There are those who are against it because of religious and moral beliefs. Other people are for it because of their respect for the dying. Doctors are also divided on the issue. They disagree when it comes to creating a line to separate help from dying and murder. For many a concern that arises with assisted suicide lies with the capability of those who are terminally ill. It's common for patients who are close to dying to ask doctors to help end their suffering with assisted suicide.

People will hear or see the word euthanasia and will react in one of two ways. Euthanasia for some is simply another equivalent to murder. For others though, euthanasia is painlessly and quickly allowing a person to pass on and not continue the short amount of life they have left in agony and pain. After researching and looking into both sides of the argument, a person has to come to the conclusion that assisted suicide should be administered to a terminally ill patient if they so wish it, to end their personal pain, reduce the financial effects that can be damaging to the persons family and loved ones, and keep the individual and constitutional right of people to determine their life and

Respirators have the ability to support a patient’s failing lungs and medicines have saved millions of lives. Patients that have an actual chance of surviving a disease or accident, medical technology is science’s most used gifts to humanity. Those who are terminally ill, however, it is only a way to continue their personal pain. The purpose of modern medicine isn't to prolong or create pain but to relieve it. However, medical technology only allows a patient whose chance of surviving is none to suffer for a longer period of time. Some patients who are in this circumstance have gone to their doctors and asked for a medication that would end the pain and help them die — lethal drugs. For example, Margaret Wente brings children into her article asking about "three-year-olds with terminal cancer." (Wente, M) She brings in the fact of children, terminally ill children is something we see frequently and our hearts go out to these young people in pain who are going through the same amount if not more suffering that adults go through. If the child and parents agree to use a doctor to administer an assisted suicide to ease the child's suffering why should they be denied that right. Another example is John C. Goodman, who in his article describes the state in which terminally ill patients will be found near the end of their life and how