The widespread contentiousness concerning assisted suicide is essentially just a conflict of dignity and painlessness vs. morality and law. However in hospitals, it should be more about the patient’s comfort which is why there are programs such as hospice, designed specifically for patients comforting.

The idea of assisted suicide is completely sensible, because it’s simply not ethical to leave a person in pain and struggling. This option was originally provided for terminally ill patients to die without pain and with the self assurance of a dignified death. After all, it would be cruel to let such torment (caused by physical disease or injury) persist in another human-yet the illegality is putting pressure on the solution. All people are thought to be morally allowed to decide what they want to do with their lives as long as they don’t hurt anyone else, and this process should be treated the same.

Problems regarding assisted suicide are influenced by other factors. For example, on average, assisted suicide only costs about 300 dollars, compared to the high prices of new technological treatments. Surely there are issues with depression and other psychological issues that may steer assisted suicide into a different, very problematic path; yet despite this interference with the quality of life, we should not underscore how tremendous of an impact this has on the people who need it and have barely any treatment for an illness or injury. We should do what we can for everyone to be comfortable, not just for whom we can save.