Supreme Court-Right to Die
The question of whether or not any one person has the capacity, legally or otherwise to take one’s own life is one of the most debated and fundamentally thought provoking in society’s history. Life, death and all the events and actors they encompass are not easily placed within the parameters of a legal society such as the United States. This is perhaps why it is so difficult to take a clear stance on the issue. Although the highest legal body in this country has ruled on the issue the debate remains. Is physician-assisted suicide a legal and moral act in which any given person, in any specific situation should be able to partake in? I believe the answer is yes, and it is why I would have decided the Supreme Court cases of Washington v. Glucksberg and Quill v. Vacco differently. The first argument for those in favor of phyisican-assisted suicide is that of equal protection. The Supreme Court ruled in the Cruzan case that any competent individual could refuse life saving medical treatment. In my opinion there is absolutely no distinction between refusing extraordinary life saving means and hastening eminent death with physician assisted suicide. In either case the end result will be the same and since one is
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