physician assisted suicide: why it should be illegal? help I'm writing an essay?

Answer 1

It should be legal,the people who are against it obviously never had a parent who died a slow agonizing death from CANCER I have.My FATHER EVEN TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE WITH HIS RAZOR,AND THE HOSPITAL WRAPPED HIS WRISTS WITH BANDAGES AND TOLD US IT WAS AN INFECTION FROM THE STICKY PLASTER,who were we to argue.MONTHS LATER WHEN THE DOCTORS DECIDED THEY NEEDED A NEW GUINEA PIG because we were asking too many questions.NOT LONG AFTER WE finally found a DOCTOR FROM THE HOSPICE TO HELP MY FATHER THROUGH TO THE NEXT LIFE.It was after his passing that we removed bandages from his arms to find out he had tried to commit SUICIDE, NOW MY FATHER WAS CATHOLIC SO IT HAD TO BE AGONIZING FOR HIM TO EVEN THINK ABOUT SUICIDE.SORRY I WENT ON A BIT BUT I AM A FANATIC ABOUT GETTING THE LAW REVERSED EUTHANASIA SHOULD BE LEGAL.....Liz.

Answer 2

Start by arguing that it should be legal for physician assisted suicide. Y ou have to use yopur own moral basis for your case for or against. Look inside yourself from both sides of the aisle and make your judgement. Then write your essay.

Answer 3

As Christians, we believe that human life is a sacred gift from God to be cherished and respected because every human being is created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26).

In heeding God’s command, "Thou shall not kill" (Exodus 20:13), we recognize that we cannot end of our lives or the lives of others as we please. We must respect and protect the dignity of human from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death.

Euthanasia occurs when a doctor or medical staff person administers a lethal dose of medication with the intention of killing the patient.

Assisted suicide occurs when a doctor or medical staff person prescribes a lethal amount of medication with the intent of helping a person commit suicide. The patient then takes the dose or turns the switch.

We also recognize the need for the proper management of pain. Modern medicine provides effective treatments for pain that guarantees that no one will suffer a painful death. No one needs to escape pain by seeking death.

Suicidal wishes among the terminally ill are due to treatable depression similar to that of other suicidal people. If we address their pain, depression and other problems, then there is generally no more talk of suicide.

Repercussions of Assisted Suicide
+ The patient seriously, possibly completely, damages his or her relationship with God.
+ Anyone assisting a suicide gravely endangers his or her spiritual, psychological, and emotional well-being including family members and medical professionals.
+ Corruption of the medical profession: whose ethical code calls on physicians to serve life and never to kill. The American Medical Association, the American Nurses Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and dozens of other medical groups argue that the power to assist in taking patients’ lives is "a power that most health-care professionals do not want and could not control.”
+ Society will more and more disregards the dignity of human life.

Possible Corruptions
+ Exploitation of the marginalized: The poor, the elderly, minorities, those who lack health insurance would be the first to feel pressure to die.
+ Cost control: Patients with long term or expensive illnesses and considered economic liabilities would be encouraged die.
+ Rebirth of historical prejudices: Many able-bodied people, including some physicians, say they would "rather be dead than disabled." Such prejudices could easily lead families, physicians, and society to encourage death for people who are depressed and emotionally vulnerable as they adjust to life with a serious illness or disability.

Jesus uttered the words of faith that continue to inspire and to guide the Church’s teaching in this mystery of Christian death: "This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again" (John 10:17).

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Death is THE most spirital event of life. Why should the govt. tell a person how they can die? A dog has more mercy at the end of life than a Human does.

Answer 5

because anyone of sound mind in the terminal stage of an illness should have the right to die with peace and dignity if they want to. they shouldn't have to drag it out through the painful, degrading, demoralizing end of a debilitating illness if they choose not to.