The Right to Die

I was perusing through npr stories and came across an interesting one titled, "Montana 3rd State To Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide". The title pretty much tells the whole story. The Montana Supreme Court declared this Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide. Terminal patients who are mentally stable will now have the "end-of-life" choice. This will doctors to prescribe drugs that will painlessly kill terminally ill patients who wish to avoid months of suffering. The conservative Montana Family Foundation disapproves of the courts decision and promised to take the fight to the legislature. I have a huge problem with that. I don't see why an organization would fight to deny doctors the right to prescribe terminally ill patients a painless way out. If someone in that situation really wants to die they're going to commit suicide one way or another, why deny them a painless death. It's not like doctors can go overboard and drop death pills into every patients mouth either. They need the patients signature. What do you think. Should physician-assisted suicide be legal? Why or why not.

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