Suicide Law

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Suicide Law

Oregon is fighting with the government to allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to ill patients. The people of Oregon voted on “The Oregon Death with Dignity Act (OODA)” in 1994. The government did not like the idea of a legally prescribed lethal drug that will kill a person. In 1997, the people of Oregon voted again on the OODA. It was passed with a 60% - 40% ratio. The government now says that it is not in compliance with the “Federal Control Substance Act (CSA).” The OODA and the CSA have been fighting against each other since 1997 in the courts. Terminally ill people should have a right to make decisions regarding their deaths. They should not have to worry about the pain and the burden they are putting on their families.
I think people should be able to take the lethal drugs if they want to. It should not be the government’s decision or the state’s decision. If a person is ill enough to want to end their life, then I think the person should be able to. Since the people voted for the OODA then there should not be a reason to deny something that the people of this country want. The Death With Dignity National Center encourages individuals to respect the will of others and to take action against the government’s censorship of the OODA law (1).
Terminally ill patients make the decision to end their lives because of tremendous pain and they are tired of putting the burden on their families. The OODA is a law that will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives. A physician can prescribe the drug but cannot administer the drugs to patients. The patient and the doctor both have to agree that the patient only has 6 months to live. The dying patient has to write a letter requesting the lethal drug. Some people know that they are going to die before they talk to doctors. Most of them do not like the idea of their families spending all their money of hospital bills and knowing that it is not going to...