ill say: The patient must be mentally competent, must be declared terminally ill by two physicians, and must be able to revoke the decision at any time(243).Michael White, a lawyer and president of American Against Human Suffering, asked me to join him to speak in front of the American Bar Association (ABA). We tried to the vote of the ABA of physician-assisted suicide. They revoked our proposal (244).Rollin claims that there are people dying in hospital bedsnear the end of life, with nothing ahead but pain and terror. They have a right to die, if thats what they truly want(244). The people against me talk about god and interfering with Gods creation. Dont we interfere when we hook some one up to a respirator to keep then alive, exclaims Rollin (244).Another reason assisted-suicide is good is to take away pain, if dying patients have a choice to end their life they wouldnt, but knowing they have a choice would put them at ease and when they think it is the right time to end their life they can do so, just like Rollins mother did. Rollins mother took the prescription when she felt most comfortable. Rollins concludes it by saying times have changedbut ultimately, I cant help these people the way I helped my mother. What I can do is join the fight to change the law. Its going to be a state-by-state battle, and California is next up.I am totally for physician assisted-suicide. Physicians should respect the wishes of their patients, even when the patient wants to die. Decisions about how to die are personal, private matters that the government should stay out of. Dying patients should have the right to choose a quick, painless death and doctors should be allowed to help them achieve it....
