Assisted Suicied

Assisted Suicide

The world is becoming a painful place to live in. People have to live with more than they can handle of misery. Take a look at the history of man kind, you’ll see that too many human beings have died for several reasons, either war, sicknesses and diseases, and even natural death, and some others too. Eventually, a human being will have to die when his time comes, but in his life he has a wish to never have to suffer, and he’ll take any option available to remove the pain. At some cases, when suicide is the result, we can never know why such act was committed. But when it comes to deadly illnesses and diseases, I believe that physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill and hopeless patients.

First of all, terminally ill people should have the right to control their own death. If they can make that decision, with the fact that they are still alive only waiting to die in a very short and painful period, then it is up to them to choose whether to live or die. There are two major parts that oppose to this statement, religious and psychological. The Christian church would most probably fight that right with all its powers, for in Christianity, it is forbidden to take ones life in any circumstances, so this argument goes, if people began making suicide decisions, and actually killing themselves intentionally, then all faith will be lost, and a man’s life would become of no value. It is further said that in Christianity, “our life is not ours to take. Only god will have to be the judge of that”. Therefore, not fighting against such a right would seem like the Christianity beliefs are just ink on paper. Psychologically speaking, when making such a decision, is not something a person should go easy about. It is asserted that, a physically sick person with a deadly illness, can not act with a full conscience, because he already have the death fact on his mind all the time, therefore he can never think straight. In addition, the patient’s decision could be out of fear or, just a bad decision, and the result is death penalty. However, when a man faces such a problem, his whole life becomes something else, and changes one eighty degrees. He will be haunted with a few thoughts that wouldn’t cross anyone’s mind if weren’t in this situation, and those thoughts are not about death, but only about the pain that’s waiting for him before death. Moreover, if the man is a believer, then he has an advantage on the moral side, but that will never take the physical pain away. When the disease is diagnosed, the count down begins towards having the worse and most painful days of a patient’s life. I believe that anyone has the right to choose not to live in pain. And I believe that Christ never said:”Suffer before you die”. In addition, when a man is faced with such a horrible situation, I think that he will be fully conscience of the facts, and have a very clear vision of what’s about to happen next, therefore his decision would be based on facts not illusions which is the better way to take any decision under any circumstances. Therefore, suicide becomes like a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Second of all, assisted-suicide should be legalized by governments with a controlled situation. Mainly, governments and courts are still fighting against legalizing the assisted-suicide and, their decision is based on several facts and fears. The position goes on to further argue that, if such a law is permitted to be used all over the country, then it could lead to many serious and bigger problems, such as abusing, and using it for the sake of criminal acts, in addition with the fact that the government actually made legal the decision to kill or to be killed, which is a matter that can not be taken lightly. Moreover, Legal arguments against assisted suicide include governments concerns about civil suits resulting from premature or unnecessary termination of life, following a diagnostic error or incorrect prognosis. In addition, medical arguments against assisted suicide include the possibility of misdiagnosis, and the potential availability of new treatments. Because medicine is moving forward and developing very fast, incorrect diagnoses may result in unnecessary requests for assisted suicide just before the introduction of a new treatment that could prolong life. However, when governments take major decisions and put laws to it, it never considers the fact that the patient is still suffering and is about to die in pain. Usually, governments work from a legal perspective and sometimes the emotional part and true feelings gets neglected. Mercy is what they don’t have for one individual, and if the assisted suicide if it’s not legalized then, lots of people would have to suffer. Furthermore, the concerns about misdiagnosis can be prevented, because the right