The right to life is one that causes intense debate in the United States due to the implications that this debate has on the decisions that people can make regarding their lives and bodies. One critical element in this debate is that of assisted suicide, otherwise known as physician-assisted suicide, which remains illegal in the country as well as many parts of the world (Emanuel et al. 80). However, the fact that countries such as Switzerland, Colombia, the Netherlands, and Canada enacted laws to allow assisted suicide introduces the possibility of evidence for the outcomes of the decision as well as what it would mean if implemented in the United States. The research involved requires a formal approach, with the subsequent study including literature review, methodology, results, analysis, and conclusion sections. Such an approach is essential for the sequential introduction to the topic through an analysis of existing literature and a methodology section explaining the study’s approach to analyzing the issue of legalizing assisted suicide. In particular, the choice of a qualitative methodology can provide this research with a foundation on which to theorize on the necessity for the legalization of assisted suicide by drawing on existing evidence. On the other hand, the analysis and conclusion provide an opportunity for the study to deliver the outcomes of the research activity and publish evidence resulting from the analysis. Overall, the researcher intends to uncover the existence of a need for the United States to adopt laws that legalize assisted suicide in an effort to respect and uphold the human rights of its citizens, with the researcher anticipating evidence in support of this claim with reference to progressive attitudes on the issue.
Works Cited
Emanuel, Ezekiel J., et al. "Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe." JAMA 316.1 (2016): 79-90.
