3. This debate is over whether or not physician aided suicide, or PAS, should be legalized

5. Once individuals knew about the alternatives the number of those supporting PAS dropped drastically

7. Most people who would choose to have a physician assisted suicide are not aware of the alternatives such palliative or hospice care

9. The use of medication and other drugs can virtually eliminate all experienced pain

10. people are also unaware that it is legal for a doctor to give you pain medication that may unintentionally hasten a person’s death

12. Hospice care and palliative care is care given to those with a terminal illness with the goal of making the patient comfortable while he or she lives out the rest of her life

14. These organizations include State Cancer Pain Initiatives, the American Pain Society, the Oncology Nursing Society, and the National Association of Oncology Social Workers

15. Controlling pain can help ease these mental states and change the belief that a premature death and a painless "final exit" is the solution

17. Active euthanasia is when a physician accelerates a patients death

19. In both cases a physician is responsible for the death of another person whether it be if the death was accelerated in some way or if they just let the patient die

22. This could lead to corruption within the both the government and medical field

24. Our national debt continues to increase and the government will be looking to make cuts everywhere

26. Oregon is the only state in the U.S. where euthanasia is legal

28. They argue that the laws preventing PAS is like a government mandate for people to suffer

32. If a law was passed legalizing PAS the law would be taken advantage for the wrong reasons

33. People would abuse the right or find loop holes to take their own life regardless if they are “deserving” or not

35. Yes, people fear suffering and sometimes feel that it would be best to take the easy way out, but with modern medicine and better education in the alternative options people would discover that they can live comfortably and die naturally