There also is suicide by a cop. Which many suicidal people attempt to accomplish. Though no matter what way a person chooses to die, the ultimate question is “Who’s right is it to choose to die?”

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Suicide has many issues that can be debated about. And it will be an on going controversial topic on whose right it is to choose how a person will die. For now assisted suicide by a physician is illegal in forty-nine states except for Oregon, but not for long is John Ashcroft gets his way. So a recommendation to all those who want to be assisted in suicide (under the conditions that the person is terminally ill) move to Oregon. Until then the question remains “Who’s right is it to determine death.

Teenage suicide is an epidemic that is effecting the young population of America greatly. It is now the third leading cause of death among all young people of the United States. The web site #1 TEENAGE SUICIDE.com at http://www.1-teenage-suicide.com dedicates its self to the prevention of teenage suicide. The page gives us staggering statistics on the epidemic that is striking the teenage population. “Teen/youth suicide rates have tripled since 1970. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among college students and the third-leading cause of death among youth overall (ages 15-24). Every hour and forty-five minutes another young person commits suicide. For every two homicides in the U.S. there are three suicides.” #1 TEENAGE SUICIDE.com also shows that “It is estimated that 300 to 400 teen suicides occur per year in Los Angeles County; this is equivalent to one teenager lost every day. Evidence indicates that for every suicide, they are 50 to 100 attempts at suicide. Due to the stigma associated with suicide, available statistics may well underestimate the problem. Nevertheless, these figures do underscore the urgent need to seek a solution to the suicide epidemic among our young people.” The problem of teenage suicide is out there. Now all we have to due is look for signs in our children and help prevent this tragic event from happening.

Through out a person’s life, a person makes countless decisions for themselves. Decisions such as which path they should take after high school to how they will raise a child right. No one except the occasional friend and family member is going to thwart your decision. Though when a person’s life is about to end in a few months, years, or even days, why can it not be their own God given right to make up their own minds on what they want to do with their life? The state of Oregon took actions into their own hands. In 1997 the state legalized the practice of euthanasia stating that “One’s life in a chronically ill state of being is left up to ones choice to relieve the suffering or not.” As always though, problems do arise. Attorney General John Ashcroft is a pro-life conservative. He has asked the supreme court of the United States to overthrow the Oregon state law that legalized euthanasia. Should it be his right to appeal a law for the citizens to make their own decisions based solely on that he does not approve of the m

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