Response to Brittany's Blog

I strongly agree with Brittany’s blog about pro-choice vs. pro-life. She does an excellent job of presenting both sides of the argument, pointing out the pros and cons of each. I also agree with her in the pro-choice area. I would have to consider myself somewhat more pro-choice because I think in some cases abortion is what women feel they need to do, in cases such as incest and rape. I do not feel that abortion should just be a new answer to all unexpected pregnancies, but it is understandable in some severe cases that women find they have no other option but to terminate the pregnancy. Although I recognize abortion as killing an individual because I believe a life is a life at the moment of conception, I still feel that in the cases of rape and incest abortion is the only outlet for many women. In a world passing no judgment we would not be having this discussion, but with the new evolved technologies and opinions, people want their voice heard on all topics. I do not feel that women should ever be looked down upon for the choice they make, even if not due to rape or incest because an abortion is a personal and private choice and I believe it should be viewed that way. I am not at all saying that I agree that abortion is good and I support it, but in the world in which we live abortion has become an option for women, a choice they personally make, and society needs to accept the fact of that. We all have hundreds of personal choices and freedoms, and abortion is no different. I think Brittany’s blog did a great job of representing this topic and fully cultivated the argument as a whole, not just one side. I thought her blog was intriguing to the reader, and she defiantly left me thinking after I read what she had written.

The Conflict of Physicians Assisted Suicide

Medically assisted suicide, or euthanasia, is one of the greatest controversial issues present in the medical world today. What some doctors and patients view as an act of mercy, others view as downright wrong and murder. Doctors who assist their patients in ending life that seems to difficult to continue on living view their actions as doing what they must to ensure comfort for those patients. I have heard of this conflict in the media, in classes, and through casual conversation that people have had when the issue is active in the media. I think that it is wrong and completely unethical for a doctor to assist a patient in committing suicide. No human being, not even the one suffering, should take the life of another or himself. Physicians assisted suicide is blatantly wrong in my opinion, and no counter argument given would change how I feel.

I think the most compelling argument in the article attached is the argument against euthanasia. I think the argument against is more compelling because it is the ethically right choice, and it is the one more firmly backed up by facts and law. People can come up with lists of reasons as to why physicians assisted suicide is merciful and the right thing to do in many cases, but at the end of the day ethical holes can be poked in all in favor arguments. Euthanasia is illegal, it is the act of one human being helping another end their life, and in no way is that acceptable. Just because a person has decided his life is no longer worth living does not mean his doctor should have the ability to help him end his life. The choice of life and death is not up to us as individuals to decide, and by giving doctors the ability to end a persons life, we are violating every ethical standard set in motion to better the life of an individual.