Assisted Suicide

Physician assisted suicide presents one of the greatest dilemmas to the medical profession. Should someone who is mentally competent, but deemed terminally ill, be allowed to engage in physician-assisted suicide? According to the First Amendment of The Constitution of The United States, "one has the freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The Fourteenth Amendment states, "The State cannot deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; …

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