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In today society every thing is circled around life you go to doctors when you get sick ,buy medicines to ease pain and you under go treatments to extend the life given to you. With all the effort going into extending life no one really took the time to look at ending ones existence. In till recently suicide, assisted suicide ,euthanasia were all thought of as wrong but with more and more cases appearing and in the liberal era we are currently in the opinion of the public is starting to change. As religion as less of an impact on peoples decision  the public is become more pro choice but you will always have people out there who are pro life. Suicide is defined as the deliberate taking as ones own life, but what about people who are physical unable to assisted suicide/ euthanasia is their only option. Assisted suicide /euthanasia is one of the most controversial topics of today. It goes side by side with stem cell research and abortions of topics the politicians like to avoid but journalist like to know. For those who are mentally competent and are suffering from intense pain associated with a terminal disease or are in a irreversible come suicide assisted/ euthanasia should be an option and there for it should be legalized. There are many types of euthanasia that a are actually. Euthanasia is broad, generic term meaning 'help with a good death.' The first type is passive euthanasia which the doctor with holds life sustaining treatments usually within long term coma patients.(Humphry) The other type is Active euthanasia in which is basically terminal sedation lethal amounts of medication are administered either with the intent of death of with the knowledge that the amount of medication will shorten the patient’s life  but it helps to easy patient pain. In terminal sedation the patient is put in coma and dies from illness starvation or dehydration (Humphry) Many countries have already began to instate laws in favor of euthanasia. In 2002 the Netherlands assisted suicide/ euthanasia law was legalized. It was is not limited to adults or the terminally ill the person just has to have a  request based on unbearable suffering  regardless of life expectancy. ( All request are reviewed by the medical community).(USA Today)  In Switzerland the article 115 of the penal code exempt people who assisted  in a suicide for honorable motives such as to help bring an end to agony. In Switzerland organizations have been set up to help people end their lives.(even foreigners). In Belgium The Belgium Act on Euthanasia was passed, it defines euthanasia as "intentionally terminating life by someone other than the person concerned at the latter's request."(Humphrey) Assisted suicide remains illegal. Requirements include that the patient should be of legal age, mentally competent and request repeated because of a medical condition of constant and unbearable physical or mental pain. And even in Britain a bill emerged in the House of Lords that would allow a competent and terminally ill person who  is suffering unbearably to request either assisted suicide or voluntary euthanasia. This law although has many requirements ( likely to die of natural causes within a few months, competent, request, suffering unbearably, sign a written declaration of intent. (USA Today)  Then and only then  If this has not been revoked within 14 days the patient can receive the means to take his or her own life.  These are some of the first countries   to realize the death is a persons right a persons possession so for those who need help to end there life the people benevolent enough to aid them should not be punished.(USA Today) Those are just a few of the countries that have laws that in some way address Euthanasia/ assisted suicide. 	In the united states Oregon has the death with dignity law  which applies only to people of legal age and have been diagnosed with a terminal disease,  it offers them assisted suicide; a doctor gives the patient a prescription for a fatal dose that the patient can take.(Dickinson 102)The law was reviewed and  supported by the U.S. Supreme Court .(Dickinson 103). Polls were even taken 51% of voters voted to legalize doctor assisted suicide then 62% of voters voted to retain physician  assisted suicide lays in Oregon. Oregon is currently th only state with Euthanasia laws but with Europe movement toward legalizing euthanasia/ assisted suicide America should soon follow with a federal law not one law in Oregon. World wide there are many  groups who actively involved in pushing assisted suicide/ euthanasia  laws to be legalized. Dr. Kevorkian “dying is not a crime”(Wiki). Dr. Kevorkian was a doctor who created a suicide machine. He would attach them to a machine then the patient would push the button injecting themselves with a lethal combinations of medicines. Becuse he did actually kill them he consider it culinary suicide  He was brought to court on a number of occasions for murder, each time  he would be found not guilty ;he was finally convicted of murder and is now in prison. He was an advocate or the right to die movement he claimed to assist in over 130 patients suicides he was not actually killing them but he provided them with the means to terminate there own existence. (wiki) For the simple fact that time after time he was not convicted it showed that a majority of people did believe he was committing murder but in fact he was helping those that were in pain which was his job as a doctor. Kevorkian is not the only doctor to admit that some time there become a time when a persons treatment is futile and it is best to make them most comfortable. A person who is terminal ill is not always the only one who wants to end his life. that is the case for Noel Martin, 47 who was paralyzed from the neck down after being attacked by neo-Nazis about 10 years ago in Germany. “its not life, it is and existence I can’t feel any thing so I can not touch the would. I only watch it pass by.” (Connolly) He needs  round the clock assistance and completely relies on others for his survival. . he must live his life through others. He dose not want to end his life out of completely selfish reasons he plans to leave every thing to charity. Shouldn`t people have control over their on life ,the quality of that life and the standard at which they choose to live? And if they can not meat these starts because of the suffering the must endure weather a terminal disease or Today’s society is all about the power of choice, rights and freedom. So for those who are living a life in which they are truly suffering wether physical or mentally they  should have the option of euthanasia/ assisted suicide. Dr. Kevorkian as benevolent in he effort to aide those who were suffering. And Noel martin showed you the other side of the story so who are we as a society to tell people like Martin that you must live on with your suffering. Its like trying to control something that is not yours that is why euthanasia will always occur in the world wether legalized or not so y not save your self the trouble.

Bibliography

Connolly, Kate. " Why I just cant go on living, by victim of neo-Nazis." the observer april 22 2007: news 5. Dickinson, Dr. George. dying, death, and bereavement. 9th edition. Dubuque, IA: Mcgraw-hill company, 2007. "Even where it's legal, laws vary widely." USA today. November 22, 2005. House of Lords, Select Committee on Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill. . Humphry, Derek. "Definitions of Euthanasia." assisted suicide. January 18 2006. ergo. 24 May 2007 .

“World laws on assisted suicide.”Derek Humphrey. January 23, 2003. http://www.finalexit.org/worldlaws.html

wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian