http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/massachusetts-debates-death-with-dignity/
This article tells about how a few states in the US are considering making physician assisted suicide legal. Of course with such a thing considered people are going crazy with debates and picket lines. I believe that PAS should be made legal and all doctors should be educated about it. PAS should be allowed in cases where a person is in severe pain and will definitely die within weeks or months. It will be at the doctor's discretion to do it so they should not take the decision lightly. If they feel a person is being forced into PAS by family members the doctor should be allowed to deny the patient PAS. PAS should at least be an option for people because, while it is not for everyone, other people deserve the choice of how they are going to die.
The story that one wife shares about her husband being diagnosed with ALS is extremely touching. I cannot imagine being diagnosed with a disease and knowing that there was no hope for survival. It really should have been a choice for this man and for everyone with diseases like ALS to choose the easy way out. There is no shame in not wanting to suffer at the end of your life.
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