Many people who are diagnosed with incurable diseases want to be able to die gracefully and on their own terms but are not permitted to do so. Reasons like this are why assisted suicide should be legalized for people with incurable diseases. Euthanasia should be a right granted to all citizens who are suffering from a degenerative, fatal, or painful condition that would enable them to enjoy their lives as healthy people do. There is much controversy on this subject, and frankly, it should not be up for discussion. It is not up to society to make decisions that infringe upon the rights of the physically ill. Firstly, it would allow the ill to practice their rights, it would grant doctors the opportunity to do their primary job in society, which is helping people. Euthanasia would save money that could be better spent on other fields of medicine. Lastly, assisted suicide should be legal in order to give patients the ability to decide their own fate. Furthermore, having the option to physician assisted suicide allows the patient to maintain control over his or her situation and to end life in an ethical and …show more content…
We decide what we want to wear, what we should or shouldn’t say, what activities we participate in, how we should act and much more. Why is the option to pass away any different when we have no other route to take? If we are not terminally ill we are able to end our lives if we wish. Even though it is frowned upon, we are able. Physician assisted suicide is a more dignified, and moral death than suicide. Yet we view as if it is inhumane just because a patient is requiring assistance by a medical professional. Why is it any different for a person who has a terminal disease with no chance of recovery, who is most likely going to die anyway. What is the harm? Not only is the patient suffering everyday, but his or her entire family suffers as they watch a loved one who use to be so full of life perish into nothing. What is life? Life is the ability to communicate, to adapt, to enjoy, to feel, to be able to feel a whole host of emotions while healthy enough to fully understand and let them happen. The question that needs to be asked in the case of assisted suicide is not about the of quality of life, there is no quality of life in most cases where people are seeking physician-assisted suicide. The patients who seek aid for a physicians help in peacefully and properly ending to their lives should not face legal repercussions. They are simply just doing their job by helping their patients to