Assisted Suicide Is Not A Crime - 960 Words

Helping someone end their suffering is not a crime. It is currently not considered a crime in 3 states: Oregon, Washington and Vermont. So why is it illegal in most states? Assisted suicide is not as harsh and cruel as it sounds like. There are regulations that need to be followed and there is a long tough process before you make your final decision. Assisted suicide needs to become legal in more states. When assisted suicide comes to mind, most people picture somebody helping someone end their life in an unpleasant way. Physician assisted suicide is nothing like this. Then what is it? Physician assisted suicide (P.A.S) is when a doctor provides a lethal overdose of some kind, to help a terminally ill patient end their life (Humphry) .†¦show more content†¦If the physician believes that the patient is making the decision from a psychiatric or psychological disorder, they must refer them for a physiological exam. Moreover, the physician must inform the patient of other alternatives of assisted suicide like hospital care and pain control.( Norman-Eady). After all these requirements are met, the patient receives the medication. Even when the patient has the medication, they are not forced to take it because it is voluntarily. Hence, assisted suicide is not as bad as it sounds and patients have a lot of requirements to meet. In conclusion, P.A.S is completely voluntary that onl y some people can use as a method of ending their life. Pursuing this further, nobody likes seeing the person they love suffering every single day. With P.A.S, they could help their loved ones end their misery. Usually the patients that request P.A.S have an underlying illness, so when a patient uses physician assisted suicide they are taken away from their suffering in the most peaceful way. In states where P.A.S is illegal, patients with terminally ill sicknesses spending their days in the hospital on life support. Being hooked up to machines is not the way anybody wants to spend their last moments. When that is the only way to keep them from dying, what is the point off keeping them alive? When in the inside they are hurting and they wish to die. With P.A.S patients know when their day is going to come and they plan how they want to