Semi Finals: Assisted Suicide Should Be Legalized for the suffering

Con (zeromeansnothing)(a) I added my name to remind my opponent that I agreed to oppose the resolution as stated in Round 1.(b) I would also remind him that he referenced the 'Dignitas', (non physician), Swiss model of Assisted Suicide with his extensive seven line quote during his 'Right to Die' (Contention 1) in Round 2. Why would he then spend an inordinate amount of time during his last submission to chastise me for doing the same. 'I am truly puzzled.'(c) Let us also put this to bed with a recent update update. Source (1)'The American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization and the second-largest physician group in the United States, writes to urge you to veto “The End of Life Option Act.” This is a physician-assisted suicide bill. ACP does not support the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and does not support PAS as an appropriate action (see the ACP Ethics Manual and position paper). (d) Where did you get this quote? “In Oregon USA it has been legal for terminally ill, mentally competent adults to have an assisted death for 18 years. In those 18 years there have been no cases of abuse and no calls to extend the law beyond terminally ill adults.” (2) They are in fact 'chipping away ' at this legislation, even as we speak. Here is a Bill attempt to move the 'terminal reference' from 6 mths to 1year. It will eventually be 'what?' Source (2)(e) The Montana Judiciary conclusions are there for all to read. They agree with the Supreme Court ruling that there does not exist a constitutional right to have an assisted suicide facilitation. They also highlight clear distinctions between these two circumstances.The Court found that one difference that justifies the distinction between the two groups of patients is that when a patient refuses life sustaining treatment, he dies from an underlying fatal disease, but if a patient ingests a lethal drug, he dies by that medication. Vacco, 521 U.S. at 801. Another distinction is that a physician who withdraws or honors a patient=s refusal to use life sustaining treatment purposely intends to respect his patient=s wishes and ceases doing useless or degrading things to the patient when the patient no longer can benefit from it. Even when a doctor gives suchaggressive pain killing medication that it hastens the patient=s death, the doctor=s intent is palliative only. However a doctor who assists a suicide purposely intends that the patient will die. Source(3) Page 13 (1-10)This potentially leads towards a further erosion of laws regarding homicide. Conclusion Nobody is leaving people to die in agony and it would be disingenuous to paint this picture of our options here. Pain management awareness and cancer treatments are advancing constantly. As you can see from the above depiction from Montana, there is often a very fine line between any of the medical intervention options that confront the physician who is actively treating the dying person. They are faced with professional decisions regarding the continuation or the suspension of these latest treatment options. They may have to administer potentially lethal amounts of pain relief medication. Some people would have physicians sit beside a dying person and observe their patient as he/she attempts to 'self administer' a vial when (by the fact of their own prescription), they are absolutely sure of it being a fatal poison. Wouldn't Euthanasia be more humane where at least they could inject a quadriplegic cancer sufferer with this poison rather than watch them attempt to sip from a 'passed cup'. I encourage all readers of this thread to pursue further reading regarding 'Assisted Suicide' as it is an event that might have a direct relevance to all of us some day. Hopefully not. Nobody is standing and watching people suffer and certainly,nobody is a torturer or a murderer. From : (Pro's (famousdebater's) Libertarian Framework'You may claim that the disease is the cause of their torture, which is true. However, you are an indirect cause and therefore you are the murderer. The torturer.'Sources(1) https://www.acponline.org...(2) https://olis.leg.state.or.us...(3) http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org...