Argumentative Essay: The Right To Die

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Towards the end of one's life, there may be suffering until their last breath such as difficulty breathing, not being able to keep their food down and excruciating pain. However, if I were given the option to be able to end my life before all of these effects occurred, I would have to consider all possible outcomes. People with diseases such as stage four cancer or in a vegetative state, do have the option to end their life legally through euthanasia. Patients that qualify for all necessary requirements must heavily weigh the impacts their decision will have on their own life and the way they are remembered. In my opinion, I personally believe the “right to die” is a very sensitive topic that must be discussed amongst families that are going through …show more content…

The “right to die”, I believe that it is a very necessary medical treatment that should be used throughout the country. However, only six states allow the treatment, including Washington D.C, while Montana is disputed on the topic. In these six states, patients who are terminally ill, are in a coma and may never regain consciousness again, or have some type of disease that will cripple them for their remaining days, have the option to the “right to die”. In circumstances such as these, patients do not want to be bed ridden as their families feed, bath and watch them die slowly and painfully. Patients such as Brittany Maynard, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the brain, was looking for medical options to try and stop the spread of cancer to the rest of her brain. The results she found were to have full brain chemotherapy, which

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