So again Euthanasia should only be legal for those who are terminally ill, are in intractable pain, with no cure. In reality the basic question that is posed by Euthanasia is "Should a person who is terminally ill be given assistance in dying?" ... Should the state have the right to deny terminally ill patients in excruciating pain their wish of Euthanasia? ... Why would a persons rights be taken away if they are terminally ill or in intractable pain? ... In conclusion I feel that euthanasia should be legal to terminally ill patients and those in intractable pain. ...

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Between 1990 and 1994, he performed 21 assisted suicides on chronic or terminally ill patients. ... Americans may finally be realizing that there is no point in causing their families to go bankrupt so that they can live a few more months in a terminally ill state. ... Those that are opposed to euthanasia and feel that it is unethical think that if we allow active euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill, eventually society will allow others who are not in extreme situations to kill themselves. ...

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His aim was to help the hopeless patients who are terminally ill or suffering from debilitating pain to commit suicide effortlessly. ... Jack Kevorkian tackled one of the most controversial issues in the 1990's, if not still to this day, regarding euthanasia and the rights a terminally ill person has to end their life with assisted suicide. ... Not until learning about the story of Brittney Maynard, the 29-year-old who had terminal brain cancer, never have I thought of this topic before, but the film put the idea of euthanasia into perspective. ... The government should not have the rig...

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For people who are suffering from terminal illnesses an early death avoids months and maybe years of painful suffering. ... Society's interest in life preservation should be lessened when a person is terminally ill and has strong desire to end their life. ... This is not very different from competent, terminally ill patients being allowed to hasten death by refusing treatment, which could prolong life. ... If a person has a good reason for considering death, for instance, they are elderly and terminal and suffering - it would be unspeakably meddlesome to interfere. ...

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Voluntary euthanasia when an individual asks to be given a lethal injection to end their pain and sufferings, whereas compulsory euthanasia is killing those who are terminally ill - this is regarded as murder in all countries. ... In the same way, doctors should try to help a person with a terminal illness, not help them to die. ... If euthanasia was carried out, a beneficial quality is gained - organs which could be of great use to other critically ill patients. ...

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I feel that Physician Assisted Suicide should be legal for terminally ill patients across the U.S. ... Brian states that he would starve himself to death because of his suffering and there has also been numerous reports of terminally ill patients committing suicide. ...

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Euthanasia Today we struggle with the medical ethics on issues of life and death in a culture that denies the terminally and the infirm the right to maintain control over when to end their lives. ... A living will is a legal document addressed to a patients family and health care providers stating what type of treatment the patient wishes or does not wish to receive if he becomes terminally ill, unconscious, or permanently comatose (Mc Graw-Hill). ... I believe when people are faced with a debilitating or terminal illness, the time of ones death should remain in Gods hands. ...

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This is referred to as assisted suicide, a physician providing an ill, yet competent person with medication to aid in committing suicide. ... Comfort care also suggests that doctors simply do what they can to make life happier for the terminally ill and their family any way they possibly can whether it is through kind words, bright smiles, or funny jokes; anything just to lighten the air and the shoulders of those being burdened by a great illness. ...

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