Assisted Suicide Persuasive Essay
About 1.2 million new cancer cases are diagnosed in the U.S. annually and about 564,000 Americans will die of it each year -- more than 1,500 people per day (Caner). Terminally ill people should have the right to be able to choose assisted suicide for themselves. If a person is in extreme pain or has major complications from a treatment that they went through they shouldn’t have to suffer until the disease decides to take their life.
A person should have the right to say if they want to die. If someone is terminally ill and are in excruciating pain they should have the option of assisted suicide. If a person has an illness that they know will cause them pain and no medicine can cure, they should be able to decide their fate. When people hear …show more content…
For a treatment a person may go through chemotherapy which results in making their body suffer by losing hair, vomiting, painful procedures, incredible pain, and other extreme effects with unpleasant side effects. Patients have to take lethal medications that destroys the body while they are going through their painful situation. While assisted suicide should be the last resort for anybody sometimes it might be the only way to let a terminally ill person be at peace (Quill).
Although assisted suicide may make a doctor feel like they have killed their patient, or a person does not pass by natural effects. Also doctors could abuse their power and assist in suicide whether the patient knows or not. It helps a person who is in extreme pain that no medicine can cure or help. But a doctor takes the Hippocratic Oath which says that they will go to any measure they can to help a person (Bioethics). Therefore assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill humans. People should not have to suffer on a daily basis. They should be able to choose if they want to live through the painful process and all issues that come with the treatments. Or if they want to end it on their terms peacefully and with
A person should have the right to say if they want to die. If someone is terminally ill and are in excruciating pain they should have the option of assisted suicide. If a person has an illness that they know will cause them pain and no medicine can cure, they should be able to decide their fate. When people hear …show more content…
For a treatment a person may go through chemotherapy which results in making their body suffer by losing hair, vomiting, painful procedures, incredible pain, and other extreme effects with unpleasant side effects. Patients have to take lethal medications that destroys the body while they are going through their painful situation. While assisted suicide should be the last resort for anybody sometimes it might be the only way to let a terminally ill person be at peace (Quill).
Although assisted suicide may make a doctor feel like they have killed their patient, or a person does not pass by natural effects. Also doctors could abuse their power and assist in suicide whether the patient knows or not. It helps a person who is in extreme pain that no medicine can cure or help. But a doctor takes the Hippocratic Oath which says that they will go to any measure they can to help a person (Bioethics). Therefore assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill humans. People should not have to suffer on a daily basis. They should be able to choose if they want to live through the painful process and all issues that come with the treatments. Or if they want to end it on their terms peacefully and with