The issue is not if we die – we all die; it is how we die. Deep moral intuitions have long informed us that there is an important distinction between “letting nature take its course,” to include refusing life-support or treatment options, and killing a dying person.

By legalizing Doctor Assisted Suicide we would be changing the way we understand the meaning of life and ourselves. This would cause profound damage to our foundation and beliefs as a society. Particularly to certain practices such as medicine and law that maintain respect for human life. Of people who requested assisted suicide under the Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, 46% changed their minds after receiving care intervention such as relief of pain and other symptoms.

You may argue that how we die is a private matter and should be left to each person to decide for themselves. If Doctor Assisted Suicide becomes an option, then how we die can no longer be considered a private matter because the act itself requires two people to make it possible. Every and ultimately would complicate society to make it acceptable.

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