onger do anything to sustain life. Physicianshave a moral obligation to uphold the Hippocratic Oath. Although the above argumentseems valid, however, in this case people have the right to make personal choices. Deathshould also be a personal choice to those who are terminally ill or debilitated with adegenerative disease that leaves them unable to care for themselves, and therefore havingto depend totally on others to sustain their life. Our society makes it very difficult forthose who want to end their life due to intolerable pain and suffering. The way in which aperson chooses to die is a very personal issue. In his article an expert argues that ‘“ Wefeel people should make up their own minds and know all the options,”’ said Rev.Michael Bonacce, executive director for CID of Washington. ‘“We feel we were givenfree will and so we have to make the decision”’(qutd in Strasburg). In other words, we aregiven a free will and people should be able to make up their own minds. People should beeducated and informed regarding the options available to them. Regardless of whatoptions a person chooses, he or she should have the right to decide what is best for him orher. Arguments for the right to die are being heard in courtrooms all over this country.People are speaking out for their personal rights. The following quote is an argumentheard in the Supreme Court at a trial in 1998: Fourteenth Amendment Due Processprotects one’s right to make intimate and personal choices, such as those relating tomarriage, procreation, child rearing—and the time and manner of one’s death. As theNinth Circuit observed , quoting from Planned Parenthood v. Casey: ‘Like the decision[whether] to have an abortion, the decision how and when to die is one of ‘the mostintimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime,’ a choice ‘central topersonal dignity and autonomy.̵...
