Research Paper On Assisted Suicide

Assisted Suicide For over 50 years, assisted suicide (the suicide of a patient suffering from an incurable disease, affected by the taking of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for this purpose) and the right to die has been a greatly debated topic. Many people are against it because they only view it as the end of someone’s life and it scares them, but there is much more to it than that. Assisted suicide should be legalized all over the United States because it ends the person’s pain and suffering, it allows the person to die with dignity, and it is beneficial to society. Many terminally ill patients spend their lives going through pain wondering when it will all go away. Some cannot do simple tasks without the assistance of a family member
If their organs could be used as transplants, those who have a lower quality of life and use physician assisted suicide could save dozens of live with their selfless act. That act would out way the argument that assisted suicide would mean the loss of a “precious” life because they could save so many others, and overall benefit society. Many people are against assisted suicide because it could lead to slippery slopes and too many people would choose assisted suicide over traditional methods. However, since Oregon enacted the Death With Dignity Act in 1997, only 991 people have received prescriptions and taken the drugs and died as a result according to the 2016 study By the Number: Right to Die. Assisted suicide is not about simply ending a life, it is about providing a relief from pain and suffering in a comfortable manner. David Hume once said, “human life is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster” so the government or any other person should be the one to decide how and when a person chooses to end their life besides that person. Assisted suicide should be legal in the United States because it ends suffering, it allows people to die with dignity, and it benefits