Euthanasia

The author in this article talks about how assisted suicide is not the same thing as euthanasia and shouldn't be compared. They give a statistic showing that the majority of Michigan is in favor of assisted suicide so people shouldn't be quick to judge what society really wants and believes.

I agree with the author and think that to an extent assisted suicide should be allowed. From what I have read, people make euthanasia out to be murder, as if someone is being killed without consent. That, I do not believe in. So I think, to the author's point, the terms euthanasia and assisted suicide should be separated when debated whats legal/moral or not.

I think if someone is in serious pain, and is announced hostile or is highly likely to die, than I think assisted suicide is the answer, especially if it is under there wishes. Isn't it torture to force someone through immense pain just to wait to die when all they do is want it to end.

I think with family, doctor, and patient approval as well as legal jurisdiction, assisted suicide should be allowed to patients in hostile in severe amounts of pain.