Oregon's "Death With Dignity" Act should be a national law

Primarily, I'd like to apologize for the inconvenience I posed to my opponent in not posting in round 2, though it is no excuse, some personal issues did come up. I'd like to point out, that while my opponent is correct in stating that no law is infallible, I can assure you that no law in the United States will allow a man to take his own life simply because he is unable to produce children. While I applaud my opponent for his in-depth hypotheticals, I believe they are a misrepresentation of what actually occurs in Oregon and Washington state. Take this as an example: There is a man living in a state such as Louisiana who is dying due to necrosis of his liver tissue. There is nothing they can do for this man, as he was previously an alcoholic and his liver sustained severe damage. He is a veteran in the war, has children and grandchildren, and has lived a full, happy life, but he is ready to die. He asks the doctors how it will happen, they say his liver will fail, followed shortly by the rest of his organs. It is likely this will be a several-day process. He asks how long he has, and the doctor simply shakes his head; not long at all. He then asks if it will be painful and slow, and the only reply given is that they can try and manage his pain. He loves his wife and kids, and tells the doctor he doesn't want them to see him suffer. Offhand, a nurse mentions that it's a shame he doesn't live in Oregon, he could die with dignity. He asks the doctor about it, and he tells him that he would have to live in Oregon to receive the drug. He says he'll move to Oregon, when the doctor tells him he won't live long enough to establish residence. Slowly, the man's health starts to decline. He gets thinner and thinner as the doctors pump more fluid into his system to prolong the process. He moves a hospital bed into his home, so he doesn't bother his wife with the machines. And one day, his wife and eldest son find him doubled over in pain on the floor next to his bed, in a pool of his own urine, because he was in too much pain to make it to the restroom. It has been only two months since his diagnosis. He moves permanently into the hospital in which he was diagnosed, under careful watch of his doctor and his children at all times. Finally, and one-by-one, his organs shut down. His grandchildren say their final goodbyes, and he dies in his sleep one night, with his wife at his side who was awakened by his screams of pain. He did not choose this death. I realize that was a deep and graphic example, and my opponent may argue that this man lived a full life. Take this as another example. A woman, age 23, a native of the state of Oregon is diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, with only six months to live. Her grandfather was a doctor, and so she knows about the Death with Dignity Act, and what her rights are. At 23, she begins the process of hastening her demise. Months later, after a full psych evaluation, approval from two doctors, and the acceptance of her family, she is given the dosage. The family plans, the woman writes her will, all the while that fatal dosage sits in her bedside table and the woman's condition worsens. It looks as if she might not even live her estimated six months. One day, five months after she is diagnosed, she is able to get out of bed, and it's as if she was never sick in the first place. Coming from a religious family, her family proclaims it a miracle, and when the oncologist tells her that the tumors are vanished, she believes it. But the medication stays in her bedside table. After being in remission for three weeks she asks what to do with her lethal dosage, then brings it to the doctor to properly rid of it. Though she did not use the drug, it brought her peace to know that she would not suffer and die, and that peace was brought to her family. See, the great thing about this law is two-fold. One: it ends the senseless suffering of the dying; and two: it brings peace to the minds of those who do not wish to make their families see their pain. My mother has severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. While this is not a terminal disease, I know what it is like to watch a person suffer day in and day out, and not get out of bed most days. Do I wish her dead? Never. But do I wish she didn't hurt? Every day. Seeing her in that pain and knowing the stories I've previously listed make me certain that if I were terminally ill, I would choose Death with Dignity in a heartbeat. No one deserves to suffer, and no family deserves to witness their loved ones suffering. I thank my opponent for accepting this topic, and the voters for voting. Thank you