The Right To Die

“The right to die should be a matter of personal choice” says Michael Irwin, MPH, MD, and former Medical Director at the United Nations in a 2013 Mirror article. He believes that since we are able to choose all kinds of things in life like who we marry and what work we want to do, we should also have a choice whether we are of old age or have a terminal illness, we too should

have a choice about what happens to us. Brittany Maynard, a 29 year old with stage 4 Glioblastoma multiforme (a brain tumor) launched a campaign to raise awareness of euthanasia. She stated that not one ounce of cells in in her body wants to die, but she knows that her glioblastoma is going to eventually kill her. After speaking with many experts about the process of death from it, all of them said it’s “a terrible way to die.” In her case, being able to go with the help of doctors, her way is the only choice she has. (A Quick and painless death). If we let prisoners on death row go peacefully when suffering, why don’t we do the same for humans outside of the gate?
They are inheritors of a valuable tradition that inspires public trust. None should be even partly responsible for the erosion of that trust. Nothing that is remotely beneficial to some particular patient in extremis is worth the damage that will be created by the perception that physicians sometimes aid and even abet people in taking their own lives” (The Practice Of Euthanasia). In many con arguments, some believe that doctors are here to help assist and make sure one gets well, not “give up” and kill the patient if nothing seems to work. Many religions look against this and believe that life is the most basic gift of a loving God--a gift over which we have stewardship but not absolute