Assisted Suicide

the right of those who have a desire to be free from pain and total dependence on others to end their lives. The degree of pain experienced by one can never be fully appreciated by another. Thus, no one can decide for another, and no one can take a choice away from another. Third, there is the principle of justice. Euthanasia is central to the liberty protected by the fourteenth amendment (Leo22). Again, every human being of adult years has the right to decide what should be done with his body. This also applies to terminally ill patients who are especially in need of choices. They are at a situation in which they must be allowed to decide for choices. They are at a situation in which they must be allowed to decide for themselves. Otherwise, it would be unconstitutional to deny them the freedom of choice in which every body else has. It would be a crime to deny them this right because they are at the mercy of other people.
             A lot of the terminally ill patients who wish to end their suffering by death are denied by doctors and hospitals and, sometimes, the law itself. Medical authorities often have to consult courts when it comes to the issue of euthanasia. They fear of the responsibilities because they lack concrete guidelines to exercise euthanasia. This only results in prolonging the suffering of the patients. According to Isaac Asimov, "If a person is subject to pain that wo
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