Denying mentally capable individuals the right to end their lives in a peaceful manner is a denial of their self-determination of individual rights and freedom of choice and therefore physician assisted suicide should be legal in all States. ... For animals, it's humane; for humans, it's a capital offense. ... Critical thinking says that people should have 100 percent control over their own decisions as long as those decisions don't violate the rights of others. ...

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The law, called AThe Rights of the Terminally Ill Act,@ was only effective when certain prerequisites are met, but was eventually overturned by the Australian Parliament in 1997. ... If animals are suffering they are always put to sleep so they don=t have to continue in suffering. ...

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