...as the right to die, or physician assisted suicide (PAS) is on-going. Currently, euthanasia is the U.S. is legal only in the state of Oregon; it is also legal in the Netherlands. This paper argues that the practice should be once again ruled illegal in Oregon and barred in all states.
Discussion
First, a note about the structure of this paper. It's very short, and has 20 sources (far too many for such a short essay since it means there is little room for any original thinking). It is likely that the information will start to repeat, since most of the arguments against legalizing euthanasia are similar.
Bopp and Coleson lead off with their opinion that euthanasia should be illegal because it will cause people to choose to end their lives when they receive a difficult diagnosis, even when, with treatment, they could experience a meaningful period of life before death (Bopp and Coleson, 1995). They use the example of a young man diagnosed with leukemia who wanted to commit suicide...