I personally think that people that are terminally ill should not have the right to choose when and how they should die. As Jack Kevorkian known as Dr. Death once said "Dying is not a crime"(Kevorkian 2012) but some people may think the doctors are committing murder? Jack Kevorkian is best known for championing a terminal patient's right to die (Public agenda 2012) Jack supposedly assisted 130p patients with physician-assisted suicide. He later charged with second-degree murder for his assistance and served 8 years of a 10-25 year prison sentence. Where do you draw the line between life and death? What is terminal illness? Terminal illness maybe defined differently for one physician to another. Many people have been told they only have six months to live and have gone on to live many months past that deadline. If they would have taken their own life, how much more would they have missed out on? Who’s to say that in those few months another break through in medical science may have been made?
Many religions still hold that it is up to God not man to determine when somebody dies. Some people might say that life is something to not abandoned not matter what the circumstances are. No matter how bad the situation gets. While most religions oppose euthanasia, some do support liberal views regarding the decision. So in all I think that people who are terminally ill should not have the right to choose how or when they die. God should still handle the decision. There is no clear-cut way to determine who should live and who should die.
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Subject: Right to die? 
Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:47 pm
