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CMV: Terminally Ill Individuals Should Be Able To Elect For Assisted Suicide

While the right to die is of course a very sensitive subject and can involve a lot of controversy; I feel that narrowing the scope of the subject down to the terminally ill makes it much easier to discuss. Whenever we, or at least I, think of death, I always think of my loved ones, which is why I think the subject matter is so sensitive. We as a collective rarely ever want to admit defeat to even the thought of losing someone precious to us; so, I feel that there is this societal pressure that makes it feel like it is unacceptable to let go. Given this; given the fact that we truly care for our loved ones, we might, or even should, be obligated to consider our loved ones' right as an individual to decide their fate. This is otherwise known as "self-determination'. Maybe, we are obliged to allow a person, especially one who's terminally ill and fated to die within the foreseeable future anyway, the right to choose when and how they would like to die. A more suitable term that I've seen used is "death with dignity". This may be especially pertinent when considering an individual who may be facing what they may consider particularly horrible deaths, such as morphine resistant pain. So, I consideration of this, though it may not feel right; perhaps giving terminally ill individuals the right to die, as other modern societies have, may be the more ethical option.

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"I feel that narrowing the scope of the subject down to the terminally ill makes it much easier to discuss."

Couple of problems with that sentence.  First, who gets to decide what constitutes terminal illness?  If you have a rare disease that is terminal in 99.6 percent of all known cases within five years, what about the 0.4 percent who survive longer than that?  Also, if we say people with terminal illness can commit assisted suicide, when?  Do they get to do it when they still feel reasonably well, or do they have to wait till the agony sets in?

Further, mental illness is just as much an illness as any physical illness, and can also be incurable.  Who gets to decide whether incurable mental illness which often results in suicide constitutes "fatal" illness?

Also, if self determination is a right, why is it only a right of people in pain?

I feel these questions, among 100 others like them, make a strong case for ALL individuals having the right to assisted suicide.