The Webster's dictionary defines Euthanasia as the act or practice of killing or permitting death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reason of mercy. This states that any individual who wishes death upon themselves but physically aren't in the position, have a right to be granted it through assistance. Euthanasia is simply an innocent plead to die. Usually, the cases are when a patient is too sick or crippled to walk, talk, or enjoy the simple pleasures of life. At this point, death seems like an easier alternative which can be persuade by the helping hand of a physician or a family member. As murderous and dangerous as it may appear, it is no more then every American's right to die.
             When you are born into American, you have the god given rights of a free man. You have the right to speak out, the right to vote, right to buy a gun, and the right to control the destiny of your own fate. Anyone who feels their life is not leading them to the happiness and satisfaction they deserve, then it is not only their choice, but their right to end their life. Death is not in control of anyone else but the eye of the beholder. One man, Derek Humphrey put it this way in legal terms, "The decision to live or die dies not belong to the courts, to attorneys, to hospitals, to doctors, nor nurses, but to the person whose life it is." (Euthanasia: Opposing viewpoints pg. 35) Now if that right is taken away from a sick individual who has nothing else to live for, then they will die an unhappy individual. For instance, take a man who is suffering from old age and is now hooked up to five iv's, has tubes shoved down his throat, and can't even see. This man feels that ending his life now will be less painful and a quicker, easier way to go. But now if you take away that man's right to die, he is left with nothing more then his sicknesses and suffering. Now the Constitution says any individual has sel
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