greatly enhanced the life expectancy of the average person. However, there are

many cases where doctors can preserve life artificially. In these cases where the

patient suffers from a terminal disease or remains in a "persistent vegetative

state" or PVS from which they cannot voice their wishes for continuation or

termination of life, the question becomes whether or not the patient has freedom

to choose whether or not to prolong their life even though it may consist of pain

and suffering. In answer to this question, supporters of physician-assisted

suicide, including, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, believe that not only should patients be

able to abstain from treatment, but if they have a terminal or extremely painful

condition, they should be able to use the assistance of a doctor in order die with

as little pain as possible. Most people who support euthanasia believe they must

find a way to legalize it in the United States, because people with incurable

diseases who are in great pain deserve to die a painless death.

To understand euthanasia, it is best to distinguish between active and

passive euthanasia. Passive euthanasia involves the patient's

violative of the fundamental concepts of liberty, freedom of choice, and self

terminate their life. The state also has an interest in the life of the individual. The

State Supreme Court in 1976 In the Karen Quinlan case. In the Quinlan case,

active euthanasia, consists of a patient's right to authorize a physician to

physician assisted suicide. The act of taking a life is a serious one. The

things. One involves withholding of care which may or may not end up in death

association with the definition of homicide, however it is very difficult to meet all

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