Physician Assisted Suicide Speech
Now, I know what you’re thinking; “Why would you help someone kill themselves? Can’t they get help?”. Well, it’s not always that simple. I believe that assisted suicide should be offered, after extensive counseling, for organ donations, those with chronic illnesses, and to help the person get their affairs in order and to go peacefully without the attention of the press on their family after their death. According to the United Nations, allowing a suffering person the liberty of having control over their death is a basic human right. Some places, like the Netherlands, already allow physician assisted suicide. Not all cases of suicide are for those with depression or other issues that are typically associated with suicide. Assisted suicide
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Often, living with a chronic illness takes away the parts of life that an individual might deem worth living for. Many of these illnesses take away dignity, independence, energy, and loved ones. At some point, a person may simply want to let go. Living in a constant state of incurable pain is no way to live. This amount of pain added to the limitations of life can build up and become unbearable. One might suggest psychological aid to a person living like this, and that may be a viable option for some, but for others all hope may have already gone. A chronic illness isn’t like having the flu or pneumonia where you know it will go away soon. A chronic illness is incurable and lifelong. A person with a chronic illness can take strong medications to dull the pain and can try to find joy in life, but for some the realization that they won’t get better is too much. They believe that they have no future to look forward to. In extreme cases, a person may even have to live connected to a machine for the rest of their life. That is no way to live. I believe that if they want to let, let them. By offering assisted suicide, they can go peacefully without having a spectacle made out of them after they’re gone. The states of Oregon, California, Montana, Vermont, and Washington already allow PAS (physician assisted suicide) to those suffering from illnesses such as cancer. According to the American Civil
Often, living with a chronic illness takes away the parts of life that an individual might deem worth living for. Many of these illnesses take away dignity, independence, energy, and loved ones. At some point, a person may simply want to let go. Living in a constant state of incurable pain is no way to live. This amount of pain added to the limitations of life can build up and become unbearable. One might suggest psychological aid to a person living like this, and that may be a viable option for some, but for others all hope may have already gone. A chronic illness isn’t like having the flu or pneumonia where you know it will go away soon. A chronic illness is incurable and lifelong. A person with a chronic illness can take strong medications to dull the pain and can try to find joy in life, but for some the realization that they won’t get better is too much. They believe that they have no future to look forward to. In extreme cases, a person may even have to live connected to a machine for the rest of their life. That is no way to live. I believe that if they want to let, let them. By offering assisted suicide, they can go peacefully without having a spectacle made out of them after they’re gone. The states of Oregon, California, Montana, Vermont, and Washington already allow PAS (physician assisted suicide) to those suffering from illnesses such as cancer. According to the American Civil