Argumentative Essay On Right To Die

After patients have been suffering for so long, it only seems right to allow them a peaceful death surrounded by family or, truthfully, however they see fit for their last days. If assisted suicide is legalized, patients will be able to control the assets and precedences of their own deaths. This will let them go peacefully and with bravery knowing they stuck out their fight but still got to die before their suffering was truly unbearable. In the article "Counterpoint: Assisted Suicide is a Civil Right", Issitt and Newton explain, "First and most importantly, it would allow each person the freedom to control the time, place, and circumstances of his or her death. Patients facing the slow progression of a fatal disease or the prognosis of living for years with incurable pain would be able to end their lives with dignity before their suffering became unbearable" (Issitt and Newton 4). In other words, patients should have the ability to control where they are and how they finally die, and assisted suicide can allow them to do just that. It is only right for a patient to have a peaceful death before the pain is too much to handle. With assisted suicide being legalized, patients and their families can make the patient's last few days dignified, celebratory, and comforting as they have struggled for so long. The same article also states, “In this article about assisted suicide, Issitt and Newton state, "In some cases, having the right to die might allow patients to make more informed choices about their health care. A patient might choose to postpone suicide in favor of alternative treatment options comforted by the knowledge that, if the pain becomes too unbearable, suicide would be an ultimate option to escape their suffering" (Issitt and Newton 4). Essentially, a patient being able to control their death is comforting and beneficial.

(How to Access and Use Death with Dignity Laws). Even though the patients had decided to end their lives, it still depends on the doctors to make decision for them. The work to be put in a list for an assisted suicide turns out to be very tiring for the patients who are willing to end their suffering very soon. They would be suffering more, as the process requires a lot of works. It is important to legalize assisted killing for those patients who can no longer bear the suffering and for their families who are also in deep agony seeing their loved ones lying on the bed left helpless from the disease they are suffering and whose doctor cannot make better.

Brittany Maynard, a young woman who shocked the world by announce her assisted death. This is the case many years ago and reported by all media that reopened the debate in the United States on assisted death. This issue is very controversial by religious people who oppose and preach that only God has the power to decide on the life and death of the human being, however, in modern and present life, there are states that support people who determine under much evidence to end their life if there are no other alternatives to continue living.

According to Ullmann-Margalit (51) while dealing with the subject the agony of doubt deliberates that it is among the most confusing issues to deal with. Most people do not want to die, at least not now, and the debate of holding on to the inevitable and that of letting go heats up. Questions arise concerning the social, religious and ethical factors that have to be taken into play while considering end-of-life or right-to-die and thus bringing complexity to an otherwise easy decision. But the most crucial question to ask is: are those in support of the right-to-die justified in their movement? This will be the question that will be addressed in this argumentative essay.

Death with dignity can be seen as a very sensitive subject for a lot of people and for people with certain religions. Death with dignity can be seen is a horrible thing it can be perceived is the doctors trying to do the work of God but in reality they are just trying to alleviate the pain of people who are suffering from terminal illnesses. The state of Oregon won their case against the people who started to go against them in 2005. These allow doctors to prescribe legal drugs that will slowly begin to kill people this issue was controversial because they feel like it is wrong for doctors to want to help to kill another patient but at the same time the patient could be tired of suffering and you never know what type of pain the patient may

The Right to Die Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the lives of many far beyond when they would have died in the past. Death, in modern times, often ensures a long and painful fall where one loses control both physically and emotionally. Some individuals embrace the time that modern technology buys them; while others find the loss of control overwhelming and frightening. They want their loved ones to remember them as they were not as they have become. Some even elect death to avoid burdens of lingering on. They also seek assistance in doing so from medicine.

Would you be for or against suicide if a loved one were to ask for it? Well, according to the Gallup polls, about sixty-eight percent of the U.S. population agreed that they would allow their loved ones to get a dose of Euthanasia if it were ever brought up as a last solution. The right to assisted suicide is a very significant topic that is discussed endlessly, back and forth. With that said, one thing that does generally concern me is how the procedure takes place, like, from the physicians perspective. I imagine that they are the one’s helping with the procedure because it’s not an easy task, they’re basically helping end a life. Along with that, I also believe that people who are in constant pain, whether it be mentally or physically, should

The “Right to Die” (Euthanasia) should be further looked into as an option for terminally ill patients and not considered unethical. There has been an issue concerning the topic of “Human Euthanasia” as an acceptable action in society. The research compiled in conjunction with an educated opinion will be the basis for the argument for voluntary Euthanasia in this paper. Patients suffering from an incurable illness, exhausting all medical treatments, should be given the freedom of choice to continue their path of suffering or end it at their own will. “The Right to die” is not suicide, as you are fully aware that death will be certain, as Euthanasia spares the individual of additional pain.

Euthanasia encompasses various topics from active euthanasia (introducing something to cause death, in most cases this is a lethal injection of barbiturates), to passive euthanasia which is withholding treatment or support measures such as removing feeding tubes or not performing a lifesaving surgery at the wishes or consent of the patients (voluntary) or the guardian (involuntary) and physician assisted suicide where a doctor prescribes the medicine and the patient voluntarily on their own take it to cause death. To better understand the difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide, John E. Ferguson, author of the book "The Right to Die" defines them separately. Euthanasia is, "the act or practice of killing or bringing about the death of a person who suffers from an incurable disease or condition, especially a painful one, for reasons of mercy" (Ferguson 20) whereas assisted suicide is defined in Ferguson's book as, "the intentional act of providing a person with the medical means or medical knowledge to kill themselves" (Ferguson 21). This paper will explore the pros and cons of The right to die movement as well as the ethical and human rights controversy surrounding the subject as it pertains to patients in comas like The Terri Schiavo’s Case and physician-assisted suicide.

Kathleen Carter was eighty-nine years old when she traveled to Switzerland in order to end her suffering. Spinal stenosis, a paralyzing disease that causes severe pain, weakness and numbness made Kathleen suffer. The Right to Die movement has been embraced by some in Switzerland which is where she traveled with her family to stay in an apartment like room; she spent her final day saying goodbye to them. She first was given a sedative to settle her nerves then shortly after, while sitting on the couch with family, she drank a sodium pentobarbital solution, which ended her pain and suffering. Kathleen is a prime example about why euthanasia should be legalized. The word euthanasia comes from the Greek for “the good death” and refers to ending one’s life on compassionate grounds. The term today comes with its controversies such as, people should have the right to choose their own death, but also throughout history it has been morally incorrect to kill, or assist in killing, another human being.

The right to die is defined as expressing or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary measures intended to prolong someone’s life when they are terminally ill or comatose (Oxford Dictionary). In medicine, it’s defined as advocating or expressing, as in a living will, a person's right to refuse extraordinary life-sustaining measures intended to prolong life artificially when the person is deemed by his or her physicians to be terminally or incurably ill (The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary).

“Whose life is it anyway”? (Clark n.p.). That is a question many people ask when they want to die and can’t because the law is a barrier they cannot break. In general, there are different reasons that people want to die, terminal illness, trapped in a wheelchair, unable to do everyday tasks, or conceivably the health of the person limits what they can do. Maybe Logan’s Run had it right, everyone must die at 30. It is important to realize, that whether or not a person wants to participate in assisted-suicide should be their choice.

If assisted suicide were to be legalized, patients that are suffering from the pain of a terminal illness could have the option to have help in ending their life. Most people who are diagnosed with an almost unbeatable disease are fearful of the thought of dying, but are told by their caretakers that they won’t have to suffer. The patients usually do end up suffering and go through the pain in most situations:

In the United States of America, citizens have the right to speak their mind, the right to a public and speedy trial, and now, those in the LGBTQ community have the right to legally marry the love of their life. But, one right has yet to be passed in a majority of our 50 states; the right to die and the right of an assisted suicide. Who should make this decision? Should it be the federal government, or the states and their legislatures? As of November 30, 2017, only six states have passed the right to an assisted suicide, and one other has issued the law based on separate court decision (“Death with Dignity”). The federal government has not been given the authority to intervene in the decision-making process as the tenth amendment in the Constitution of the United States declares, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” However, the federal government continues to join in on the debate despite what the Constitution clearly states. Tenth amendment rights are therefore being eroded. The federal government’s actions weaken the tenth amendment in this country.

The right to assisted suicide is an important topic in all over the United States. There are some very painful diseases and cost a lot for the medications or sometimes patients have to stay in hospitals for until death. So, there are debates going on the assisted suicide, In the United States should legalize assisted suicide or not. There are only four states yet, in the United States where a patient has the right to die with assistance. Some people are against it because of religious and moral reasons. Others are agreed with this, because of humanity and respect for the dying. Also, Physicians have the different opinions on the assisted suicide there are some doctors believe assisted suicide help the patients who are suffering with incurable disease. However, for many the main concern with assisted suicide lies with the ability of the terminally ill. Many terminally ill patients who are in the final stages of their lives have ask doctors for the euthanasia. It is sad to realize that these people are in the extreme pain and only there's one way to help them is assisted suicide. When people see the word euthanasia, they see the meaning of the word in two different ways. Euthanasia for some carries a negative meaning; it is the same as murder. For others, euthanasia is way of putting someone to death painlessly, or allowing a person suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in bad condition. So, after studying both sides of the issue,