This is defined as the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition. ... So, then, why do people still permit this to go on, why has it become an option for terminally ill patients? ... How soon before a person who has no terminal illness, desires to be assisted in taking their own life? ... In a study done, of the 24 percent of terminally ill patients who requested assisted suicide, all had also been diagnosed with clinical depression (Euthanasia.com). ...

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Infants don't have a decision on whether they should live or be aborted in their mother's womb. If a woman chooses to prematurely end her child, the child can't do anything about his or her life being taken away from them. Their entire future is annihilated. A mother slaughters her unborn child, yet she's not charged for homicide. "There were 1.21 million abortions performed in the United States in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. ...

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