Debbie Purdy, a woman with multiple sclerosis, has won a landmark court case to have the law on assisted suicide clarified. Debbie brought the case against the Director of Public Prosecutions because she wanted to know if her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her commit suicide overseas.
Some people would agree with assisted suicide because people should beable to choose their death and for some patients refusing to take their treament will not hasten their death so suicide is the only option. Also in some cases being alive is so painful so assisted suicide may be a the answer to unbearable suffering .
Other people would disagree with assisted suicide because some people who lack care and support may be pushed into assisted death. Also when people decide they want to commite suicide they may not be in the right frame of mind so if someone assists them then its just egging them on to do something which isn’t necessarily the right decision.
I personally think that assisted suicide should remain illegal because of all the reasons above and also who in the remind would help their friend or family member kill themselves ?! Even if someone is in extreme pain most of the time there is medication to treat pain. But as for the cases were medication isnt possible then i could possibly understand why they would want to kill themselves but not assisted suicide.
sdanby
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sdanby // July 31, 2009 at 11:24 pm |
This is nicely written and the report has a good introduction and a reasonable debate. Your decision to not agreed with assisted suicide is a bit weak, especially as you weakened your argument by saying you understand why some people would want assisted suicide.
In my opinion, assisted suicide is a human right and something that would require absolute love and dedication from one’s partner. If they were willing to assist in another’s suicide it should be applauded as they will be the person who would be left behind with the knowledge that they have let their love-one go. That said, of course the controls and regulations would have to be very tight because there would always be a tiny minority of people who would be up to no good… I think it is only a matter of years before elective suicide will be common place, and who knows I may end up being a patient of the service!