mentally competent, but deemed terminally ill, be allowed to engage in physician-assisted suicide? According to the

First Amendment of The Constitution of The United States, "one has the freedom to petition the government for a

redress of grievances." The Fourteenth Amendment states, "The State cannot deprive any person of life, liberty or

property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The

group believes that a terminally ill patient has the Constitutional right to decide whether or not to end his or her life with

the help of a licensed medical doctor. There have been many cases over the years where a terminally ill patient who is

mentally competent has made the choice to either partake in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia.

"Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the physician provides the patient with the means and/or knowledge to

commit suicide"(Death and Dying,91). "Euthanasia is when the physician administers the deat

believe in, our government would not exist as the system that it is today. Our democracy was created because of

take his own life with the aid of a doctor. Senior Judge S. Joseph Davis, brought in from Seminole County, "found that

gives one the right to life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. However, is living with complications from

The First Amendment gives one the right to demand the correction of an injustice. Would one not consider a terminal

purpose of ending his or her life in a humane and dignified manner"(http://www.rights.org/deathnet/ open.html). This

freedom, but is having complications which do not allow one to be free and independent, freedom? The government

prosecution"(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January 31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could

says once again that it is. Freedom is also having the ability to make choices. These choices should include the ability

government was setup to govern, not to rule with absolute power. If the people were to keep silent about what they

those brave souls who fought for their rights, and we should follow in their footstep

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