Assisted Suicide Argumentative Essay

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Patrick Mathew, 43, had Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) where he could not move any part of his body. His son said that his dad struggled for seven months before he made the decision to end his life with lethal prescription which he did on march 10, 1999 (WRTL.ORG). Just like Patrick Mathew, more and more people are taking a lethal dose of prescription medication to end their lives (Barone,1). More than 750 people in Oregon ingested a lethal dose of prescription medication since the death with dignity act went into effect in 1997 (Barone,1). People who are taking the prescription are the ones who have no chance of survival, or are in severe pain decided they are not able to handle it anymore and decide to end their life (Barone,1). The Netherlands became the very first country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide (The guardian, 2). To be able to have an assisted suicide the Netherlands imposed a strict set of conditions before being able to have that option by stating that the patient must be …show more content…

They show how people in other parts of the world see the topic assisted suicide and reasons why they don’t see it as morally right but wrong. Weakness is that the article was dated back to 2009 so mexico might have changed their opinion on this topic. The author has good reputation with the connections in Mexico and has a broad idea of how the people view the topic assisted suicide. He was able to see what the people why the people of Mexico did not agree on assisted suicide and understands why they didn’t because of how they were raised based on their traditions and cultures. The author wasn't very neutral about the argument. He was bias because he only showed the people that did not support assisted suicide which was the majority of the people living in Mexico. He should’ve done more research and seen how the small minority sees why they should have an assisted

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