persuasive essay arguing for physician assisted suicide, 481 words. includes disqualifications for opposing points of view, seperationg of church and state in america

Suicide. Some imagine the unsuccessful businessman slowly bringing a gun to his head. Some see Romeo and Juliet uniting themselves for eternity though death. Others remember Lifetime Television Movies about women in their twenties who overdose on over the counter pills. But there are as many different reasons for suicide as there are people. Take for example, Jeannine. At the age of 103 Jeannine decided that she had lived a full life. She stopped taking her …

…later because of deteriorating physical condition, a patient takes his life sooner than is necessary, or asks someone else to facilitate his death. Just as the government does not have the right to deny life, it should not be able to control it, or determine when it ends. Terminally ill patients have the constitutional and human right to end their lives at a time of their choosing, with or without the help of a doctor.