Should active assisted suicide be permitted for people who are terminally ill and conscious? This issue has been raised at the courts many times now and yet the disabled still must suffer while when our pets are terminally ill they are put down to end the suffering. For those who are terminally ill and conscious that would like to continue their life I stand by them. However I feel that if a terminally ill person decides that their life should be ended to end their suffering should not be discriminated against and receive their wishes.
The terminally ill that are suffering in the same hospital bed for months un end and they can no longer live their life like that, should receive active assisted suicide. Only if there is sufficient evidence that this person would like to have their life ended. They have a right to life, which
is in the charter of rights, and therefore if they no longer want to continue that life then they should have a right to death.
On the other side I feel the strongest argument is that the terminally ill could then be taken advantage of. Once this law is passed people feel that the terminally ill will no longer be protected and will be taken advantage of. However this should not be the case because they must have sufficient evidence that the terminally ill person wanted to have an active assisted suicide. Such as a video tape of them proving that and there is no signs of this disabled person being taken advantage of, then they should be allowed to have an active assisted suicide. Therefore I believe each person whether you are disabled or not should have equal opportunities, which means that if they truly want to end their
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