Persuasive Essay On Declaration Of Independence

Our Declaration of Independence states that any human has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But what if someone doesn't want to live anymore? That's where medically assisted suicide comes into play. I support assisted suicide, but this does not mean I support people trying to kill themselves to end their life when they have depression, anxiety, or just not living a life they wanted to live. However, I support it when a terminally ill patient doesn't have much time to live left and is in great pain. When people are only surviving due to life support and drugs I believe it is their right to choose if they don't want to go on any longer. For the common good, I believe people who don't have much chance in living can end their suffering.

It is not for people who are healthy, but for terminal patients who have no chance of living much longer. In Washington state, one of the five states it is legal in, recently forty percent more people have chosen to be euthanized. Ninety percent of them chose to die because their life had become a burden to themselves and others. It isn’t right to keep someone alive when they are in so much physical pain. It is sad for the ill person and their family to see them in such a way.(Oregon's Death with Dignity)

In the court case of Gonzales V. Oregon, a United States attorney general issued a claim stating that Oregon's Death with Dignity Act violates Oregon's Controlled Substances act. Which states that using controlled substances to assist suicide is not a legitimate medical purpose and that distributing them is an unlawful crime under the CSA. The Supreme Court ruled in Oregon’s favor saying the CSA was made to regulate medical practices not stop them, and the attorney general did not have the authority to make a rule declaring the medical standard. The court's ruling was six to three.(Wisconsin's Right to