• The right-to-die controversy refers to the debate over whether people who are for example living with life support or are terminally ill, should be allowed to die. Often, the term refers to if doctor-assisted suicide should be legal for patients who are terminally ill or in a great deal of pain due to illness. An emotionally charged issue, debaters often factors in moral and religious beliefs.

• Fast Facts

  1. Also called "dying with dignity" by supporters
  2. Often refers to the act of assisted suicide
  3. Assisted suicide is often achieved through distribution of medicationUniversity of Washington School of Medicine: Physician-Assisted Suicide
  4. Polls show Americans' views on assisted suicide to be split roughly 50/50ReligionFacts: Euthanasia and Religion
  5. Assisted suicide is legal in OregonReligiousTolerance.org: Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
  6. Assisted suicide will be legal in Washington on March 5, 2009
  7. On December 6, 2008, physician-assisted suicide was endorsed by judge in Montana, but the decision is being appealedBoston Herald: Lawmaker wants NH to legalize assisted suicide (February 25, 2009)
  8. Dr. Jack Kevorkian made headlines when he was jailed for admitting to assisting over 100 suicides in the 1990sCNN: Frail and Smiling, 'Dr. Death' Walks Out of Prison
  9. Opponents to assisted suicide say most patients who want to die suffer from treatable depression; that suicide is a cry for helpNRLC.org: Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide
  10. Supporters believe mentally competent, terminally ill patients should have the choice of dying in comfort and peaceCompassion & Choices: About Us
  11. Compassion & Choices is a non-profit organization that supports assisted suicide rights
  12. The National Right to Life Committee is an organization that opposes euthanasia in any form

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