• People should be able to control their own lives
• Some terminally ill patients are allowed to end their lives by refusing medical treatments; in all fairness, those without that option should be allowed to choose death
• Death is a compassionate way to relieve unbearable suffering
• Legal or not, assisted suicides occur, and it would be better if they were brought into the open
The arguments against legalization, Braddock says, usually run around these lines:
• Taking a life under any circumstances is immortal
• Assisted suicide has great potential for abuse. People without family support or adequate finances, as well as depression, could be pressured to