The right to die: legalization of assisted suicideINTRODUCTIONMedical science has experienced significant progress since the 1960s, and has made great progress in prolonging people's lives, including giving time to those suffering from terminal illnesses. However, some patients, after weighing the high costs of medical procedures and the largely limited lifestyle of those living in due time, turn to assisted suicide as a possible option. Assisted suicide is based on the belief that people should be given access to medical assistance to end their lives voluntarily, when and how they choose. Assisted suicide typically involves the doctor or doctor providing access to a lethal dose of medication, which the patient then self-administers. Doctor-assisted suicide differs slightly from active euthanasia in that it requires the patient to administer the lethal dose, rather than allowing the doctor to do so. The practice of withholding certain medical treatments based on the patient's informed refusal and of discontinuing life-support treatment or not starting it in the first place is already legal and common. None of these measures are considered killing, even if such a decision results in the death of the patient. However, in the case of assisted suicide, the line is blurred and in the eyes of many people, and under the law in most places, assisted suicide means killing, which is illegal. BODYArguments in favor of legalizing assisted suicideProponents of assisted suicide believe that an individual's right to choose the time and circumstances of his or her death and/or to seek assistance to facilitate death should be guaranteed and protected by law. The justification for legalization includes the… middle part of the paper… protected by law. Opponents of legalization who preach the “sacredness of life” make a fundamental mistake: it is not the mere quantity of life that matters, but its quality; and since dying is a living act, the quality of the experience at the end of life, or in incurable distress, is the paramount consideration. To believe that the simple duration of existence, however unbearable and painful, prevails over the kindness of granting someone's request for help to end their suffering easily and quickly, is to have your priorities completely wrong. Others warn of the "slippery slope" of legalization and the possible abuse of medically assisted suicide. However, abuse is possible in all areas of life, and a carefully drafted law would provide the necessary safety measures, protections and controls, while at the same time allowing those in unbearable hardship the refuge of easy relief. end to suffering..