A patient, lethally ill or in very bad pain, does not have the right to commit suicide or die with the help of a physician. This, of course, is my opinion and I believe that you should always try to keep them alive as long as possible. If you are suffering and are lethally ill, then that is the way that God has it planned out for you. I don't think that anyone has the right to take his or her own life or take the life of someone else. In this country, taking the life of someone else is a major felony and could result in the death penalty.
             On the other hand, committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide isn't a crime by any means. In an unusual way, this could contradict itself. Can you really put ownership on life? Do we control our own destiny? Why is it that attempting to commit suicide is completely fine but someone depriving someone else of life will most likely result in the rest of his or her life in a cell? We are losing a life
             either way so what difference does it make? Ask yourself this – is it really our life to take in the first place? Do we own it? Everyone has heard about the mass suicide cults that used to thrive in the 70s and 80s. Was the leader of the cult a criminal? If so, why? He didn't kill any of them; they ended their own lives. He may have misled them and lied to them but that is beside the point. There is only one state in the entire United States where it is legal for a physician to give a patient lethal medicine if they have a deadly disease and are in severe pain. That the state is Oregon. This is only done under very tight conditions. This issue is not specifically mentioned in the laws of Utah, North Carolina, and Wyoming. Conversely, it is a criminal act in every other state.
             Physician-assisted suicide or PAS is a big issue in the medical world these days. Dr. Diane Meier who attends Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY did a survey of 1,902 doctors on the subject of PAS. The d...