Physician Assisted Suicide is Murder

Death is something that comes to each of us whether we like it or not. It is the end of a good life. Life is the best thing that happens to everyone, and there are so many experiences throughout one’s lifetime, it is amazing. Why would anyone want to end life early? Is it ethical to let a terminally ill patient be put to death? God is the only one that can decide when to take a life away. No person nor doctor should perform assisted suicide, it is taking away the most incredible thing we experience: life.

Those who support euthanasia may believe it is okay to practice this so called type of medicine, because their patients are terminally ill and by ending their life, they are not ending some beautiful gift but instead ending the patient’s misery. Another argument by people in favor of assisted suicide is that if the patient and the family both agree, then there really is no harm in carrying out the patients last wishes. Death can also be looked at by some as an eternal passing...that by ending their lives now they will be able to experience the next life, a better life, a life after death. Although terminally ill patients might not be capable of making a rational decision, and no family member can assume a choice for an incompetent individual without clear and convincing information from the patient. ‘In a quarter of cases, physicians regretted performing euthanasia after the incident and in half of those cases physicians experienced emotional distress’ (Jama 898). After the act of assisted suicide is carried out, there is no room for regret. The patients life has already been ended at the hands of a physician who may not have been sure they were doing the right thing. ‘Not only were there types and levels of str...

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