ctive psychotherapeutic treatment is possible with the terminally ill ones, and only irrational prejudices prevent the greater resort to such measures. And suicidologist Dr. David C. Clark observes that depressive episodes in the seriously ill are not less responsive to medication than depression in others. Indeed, the suicide rate in persons with terminal illness is only between 2 % and 4 %. Compassionate counseling and assistance, such as that provided in many hospices, together with medical and psychological care, it could help reducing the number of patient who tent to suicide.In conclusion, society has a moral duty in protecting and to preserving all lives. To allow people to assist others in destroying their lives violates a fundamental duty of respecting human life. A society committed to preserving and protecting life should not commission people to destroy it. Furthermore, if law allowed assisted suicide, it could pose a threat to the lives of innocent people who don't want to be assisted to death. Therefore, assisted suicide shouldn’t be legalized under any circumstance. ...
