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The Right to Choose The main issues of euthanasia are maintaining the status of illegality, legalizing the procedure, and regulating the procedure. The controversy of euthanasia involves moral, ethical, and legal concerns. "In this country, according to a survey reported in the Journal of American Medical Association, nearly 63 percent of Americans favor legalizing physician-assisted suicide, yet most state statutes criminalize it (Stark, np)." People fear that if legalized, the choice to die will eventually be …

…to die issues provides information on the organization and it's plans to change the United Kingdom's suicide laws. 1994 Health ResponseAbility Systems. America Online. This two page online article discusses Oregon's new law also known as the Death With Dignity Act. 1997 Christian Medical Fellowship. "12 reasons why voluntary euthanasia should not be legalized". Webmaster@Cmf.org.uk. This religious organization believes that legalization should be avoided because the risk to society and patient autonomy is too great.