but they can never be conscious again. When this happens, it should be legal for them to be taken out of professional care that keeps them alive, and therefore allowed to die.Living wills are another way that terminally ill patients should be given the right to die. In this case, people give consent to a person, who they know and trust, to make medical decisions for them if they ever become incompetent. With living wills, it should be defined specifically in what cases the person should have the right to die. In those cases, the designated person should be allowed to give consent for that right to be activated. For example, if a person becomes ill with Alzheimer's disease and therefore becomes incompetent and terminally ill, they should be given the right to die when they reach a certain point of suffering.In conclusion, I support legislation that gives terminally ill patients the right to die. When people reach a certain point, they should be given a right to die with dignity. In the preceding cases explained, terminally ill people have reached a point at which they are suffering and should be legally allowed to die....
