Proponents of euthanasia and physician-assisted
suicide (PAS) contend that terminally ill people should
have the right to end their suffering with a quick,
dignified, and compassionate death. They argue that the
right to die is protected by the same constitutional
safeguards that guarantee such rights as marriage,
procreation, and the refusal or termination of life-saving
medical treatment.
Opponents of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
contend that doctors have a moral responsibility to keep
their patients alive as reflected by the Hippocratic Oath.
They argue there may be a "slippery slope" from
euthanasia to murder, and that legalizing euthanasia
will unfairly target the poor and disabled and create
incentives for insurance companies to terminate lives in
order to save money.
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