Assisted suicide is also called the right to die movement. The courts ruled that the constitution did not guarantee an individual's "right to die." According to some patients, and patient's family, and the doctor. Assisted suicide is simply a goal to help end some peoples suffering.

If a patient feels he/she is deteriorated to the point of misery or meaninglessness. The government entity or medical facility should not force that person to go on living. Some examples of people suffering: Barbara Oskamp, a retired Oregon teacher, with an inoperable brain tumor. She believes that she should not have to suffer a death that is prolonged, painful, and undignified ("issues and contro

Physicians that support the right to die movement, feel strongly that people with terminal illness should have the right to end their lives. Some doctors agreed that legalized assisted suicide would be ethically acceptable. A study found that more than 85% of doctors believed that prescribing a lethal dose of pain killing drug is moral.

Physician assisted suicide is starting a political and moral debate of unprecedented intensity in American society. While the issue has long been the issue of the courts. This sensitive subject is everywhere, congress, hospitals schools, even over the dinner table.

In my conclusion, I do not want to seem close minded about the situation. It is my opinion that in some cases it is the persons right to choose their exit. I am not advocating that anyone should be able to kill themselves because of non-medical reasons. I would leave the choice to the ones who have decease like Jane Roe the pediatrician who has been in so much pain, that no medication ca subdue. The government will have to make up its mind and make some laws. Government officials should prioritize this problem on assisted suicide. It will be up in debate again when another Jack Kovoirkian stirs up the issue.

Two years ago, the US Supreme Court found no constitutional "right to die." Yet the ruling was not definitive on doctor assisted suicide. That debate continues in at least four states where laws similar to Oregon's are being considered. In Alaska the superior cou

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