Topic: Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence

Argument: Sometimes people are so ill they have no quality of life and want to end it themselves but are physically unable ot do so, in thee cases it is only merciful for it to be legal for someone to help them.

Argument: sometimes people who are unable to end their own lives, are in so much pain and anguish that it is cruel to make them keep living, their loved ones need to be able to help them legally.

Argument: suicide has never been legal. it is still killing, even if one is taking ones own life.

Argument: suicide in some countries is considered a crime for attempting against life itself, assisted suicide is the same

Argument: suicide is a criminal offense, thus assisting in suicide would be acting as an accomplice to murder.

Argument: suicide is a form of murder and those who attempt it can be convicted. assisting someone to commit suicide can therefore be considered an accomplice.

Argument: suicide is illegal and so is killing, so how is assisted suicide going to be legal?

Argument: suicide is never the answer and it is wrong

Argument: suicide should never be allowed and helping a person should be treated as murder. no person has the right to take a life. each person should be treated humanely and encouraged to live their natural life span.

Argument: TAKING A LIFE SHOULD BE WRONG REGARDLESS OF THE REASON IT IS BEING DONE

Argument: terminally ill patients who just don't want to continue suffering have a valid reason to contemplate suicide, and someone who wants to help ease their pain should not be punished.

Argument: the end of life can be painful and humiliating, and we should allow people the right to decide when they are ready to end their own suffering.

Argument: The Hippocratic Oath states, "First, do no harm" - assisted suicide violates a doctor's duty not to do harm to a patient.

Argument: the person assisting in an assisted suicide is committing murder and should be charged

Argument: the right to die is a personal choice and everyone has the right to make it happen if they truly wish

Argument: the sanctity of human life should never be compromised so there is no question but assisted suicide should be a criminal offence.

Argument: there are people who suffer from terrible illnesses who are mentally capable of saying "enough is enough". there is a realization that quality of life is so poor that death is a better option.

Argument: there is no difference between assisted suicide and being an accessory to murder. suicide is immoral and those that help should be punished.

Argument: there is no reason for dying people to suffer unnecessarily

Argument: there is no safe system of assisted suicide and euthanasia anywhere in the world

Argument: there is too much potential for exploitation of assisted suicide by malicious relatives that it should be banned as a matter of individual safety

Argument: there's the possibility that it could be used by those close to the person for financial gain or maliciously. you only have the word of the survivor that the person actually wanted to die.