Assisted Suicide

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d or helped to die when the patient has earlier stated that they did not want to be euthanised. This usually happens when the patient is in a Persistent Vegetative State, or PVS. Individuals in a PVS have massive brain damage that are in a coma, and most likely will never regain consciousness ( No Author, http://www.religioustolerance.org).
There are many reasons people would decide on assisted suicide. First of all, there are many terminal illnesses that are very painful and cause a great deal of distress. First, there are diseases such as multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and ALS (also known as Lou Gerig’s disease). These diseases have a very negative effect on the human body. These diseases attack either the body’s ability to control itself, or attack the body’s muscles directly. Most people who suffer from these diseases do not have a very long or comfortable life. To many, choosing when one’s death will occur would be preferable to dying once the body finally failed.
There are also the more common diseases, like cance...