mentally competent, but deemed terminally ill, be allowed to engagein physician-assisted suicide? According to the

First Amendment of The Constitution of The United States, “one hasthe freedom to petition the government for a

redress of grievances.“ The Fourteenth Amendment states, “The Statecannot deprive any person of life, liberty or

property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within itsjurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.“ The

group believes that a terminally ill patient has the Constitutionalright to decide whether or not to end his or her life with

the help of a licensed medical doctor. There have been many cases overthe years where a terminally ill patient who is

mentally competent has made the choice to either partake in physician-assistedsuicide or euthanasia.

“Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the physician provides thepatient with the

government was setup to govern, not to rule with absolute power. Ifthe people were to keep silent about what they

having unprotected sex. So wouldn’t Hall be entitled to have this injusticecorrected? The Fourteenth Amendment

commit suicide”(Death and Dying,91). “Euthanasia is when the physicianadministers the death causing drug or

those brave souls who fought for their rights, and we should followin their footsteps. If everyone would voice there

agent”(Death and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The Stateof Florida v. Charles Hall. “Charles Hall is

“Measure 16” may now be anticipated to prevent the law from being used”(http://www.rights.org/deathnet/open.

the virus in 1981 through a blood transfusion. “Some of the complicationshe is encountering from the AIDS virus are

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