Assisted Suicide
Assisted suicide occurs when a physician provides a patient with the means of ending his or her life—usually a prescription for a fatal dose of drugs. The patient takes the drugs independently of the doctor. This procedure differs from euthanasia, in which the doctor administers the fatal dose or performs some other act, such as a lethal injection, that ends the patient's life. Assisted suicide is illegal in most places.
It is natural for human beings to hope to be free from pain when they are dying. Some think that individuals should also be allowed access to medical assistance to end their lives voluntarily, when and how they choose. Known as assisted suicide (or doctor- or physician-assisted suicide), this practice…>> (read more)
Assisted Suicide Points of View
5 Euthanasia Is Not Compassionate
6 Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Should Be Legal
7 Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Should Not Be Legal
8 People Have the Right to Control the Time and Manner of Their Death
9 Only God Should Decide the Time and Manner of a Person's Death
10 Right to Die Advocates Are Undermining Democracy in America
11 Opponents of the Right to Die Are Undermining Democracy in America
12 Granting People the Right to Die Ignores Their Responsibilities to Society
13 People Should Have the Right to Die with Dignity
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Assisted Suicide in the News
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THE assisted-suicide movement has come a long way in just a couple of decades. Consider, for example, this recent item from the San Francisco Chronicle:…>> (read more)
Washington State is about to put into effect a referendum, passed by voters in November, to allow the terminally ill to ask physicians to assist their suicides. The activists…>> (read more)
Citizens of Washington State are petitioning for a vote on an initiative to copy Oregon's assisted-suicide law. Only people with terminal illnesses would have this grisly "right," at least…>> (read more)
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