A basic right every citizen in the United States of America has is freedom of choice. American's have a choice on what to do, what decisions to make, and how to live their life. Terminally ill people try to practice this right with medically assisted suicide but are unable to due to where they live. Although it may go against some moral codes, terminally ill citizens are still people of the government. They have the basic rights every other person does, they have the right to die however and whenever they want. As long as they are in the right state of mind, they also are in charge of themselves. Whether a person is terminally ill or not they still have their freedom of choice which is why I think giving the option of medically assisted death is only fair. .
Although some might think medically assisted suicide is unethical, it is not. One thing a doctor has to do once they get their degree is make life or death decisions all of the time. Doctors have to act in the best interest of their patients but that might be difficult for them to do (Torr 51). Although society is against killing, physician assisted suicide is steady with medical ethics. If a hopelessly ill person requests it and the doctor agrees the request is rational. Most of the opposition to medically assisted suicide is due to the Hippocratic Oath (Torr 51). The Hippocratic Oath was put in place by the ancient Greeks to define rules that physicians need to follow to govern the practice of medicine. Although it is still highly regarded today, it is widely disregarded by medical schools due to how outdated it is (Torr 52). The basis of the Hippocratic Oath is "First, do not harm, "but in reality that already gets broken. Although chemotherapy helps saves cancer patients it hurts them in the process (Torr 52). Doctors are also supposed to care after curing. When death is imminent doctors still have a duty to relieve suffering and help their patients achieve a good death (Torr 53).