Physician-assisted suicide has always been a controversial topic, and over the years, debate has intensified in the United States over whether or not it should be legal. The campaign to legalize physician-assisted suicide has been under way since the 1970s and recently began to gain steam. At the present time, the practice of physician-assisted suicide is legal in only one state (Oregon) in the United States. Patients that have decided that they want to die will either attempt to do it themselves or will find a doctor hat is willing to assist them illegally. Instead of forcing patients to…
