1. Should medical aid in dying be legal? Should state governments be responsible for legalizing or banning the practice as the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided in relation to abortion? Or should the federal government decide the issue at the national level, regardless of local or state opposition? When it comes to such issues of […]
Medical aid in dying (MAID) is also called medical assistance in dying, physician-assisted suicide (PAS), physician-assisted death/dying (PAD), and self-determination in dying. The New York State Bar Association defined MAID as “when a terminally ill, mentally competent adult patient, who is likely to die within six months, takes prescribed medicines, which must be self-administered, to […]
The background and pro and con arguments were written by ProCon.org staff based upon input from the following sources. […]
1. Explore the perspective of terminally-ill doctor Jeff Sutherland. 2. Consider both the pro and con arguments presented by the American Medical Association. 3. Analyze the “Moral and Practical Challenges of Physician-Assisted Suicide” presented by doctors Karl Lorenz and Joanne Lynn. 4. Consider how you felt about the issue before reading this article. After reading […]