Sue Rodriguez On Euthanasia

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Should everyone have the right to end their own life? The topic of people having a choice to end their own life is a controversial issue, with different view points which people have all over the world. People argue as to whether or not a person who is terminally ill, or handicap, should have the right or not to ask their doctor, or relatives to die by euthanasia. People say that dying by euthanasia is to die with dignity, instead of living an artificial life on respirators and other life support machines. My personal feelings on this topic is one of the minority. If a person is terminally ill, and there is nothing anyone can do for them, why should they have to suffer? Not only do they suffer but their family does also. They will watch…show more content…
Sue Rodriguez a women who fought years to show the world that voluntary euthanasia for a person who is suffering and is in pain, is the right thing to do as everyone has there own body and due to human rights people have the right to do what they want with there body even if it is there own personal choice of wanting to end there own life. Sue did not win her case, therefore in 1994 she took her own life, with the help of an anonymous physician. In order to "die with dignity" she wanted the guarantee of a quick death with a minimum of misery" by being given "a fatal injection when she decided the quality of her life had deteriorated beyond an acceptable degree. Sue Rodriguez, a women which was fighting a deadly disease, wanted to fight for the rights to die, to also help others which didn't have the strength anymore to win for voluntary euthanasia, Sue Rodriguez had the chance to take her own life, it was hers and she was able to end it herself but instead she wanted to fight for the legal rights of not only her but other people, she wanted to make a difference to make euthanasia legal, instead of Sue ending her own life she wanted people which were close to death to have a choice to end there own life especially if they were deeply suffering being forced to stay alive by people around them. She was the one voice that spoke for thousands of people, (the voice for all people) dealing with their own daily battles of trying to live when really all they wanted was to end their life peacefully they wanted the right to die but they didn't have a choice due to some legal

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