In today's society, the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is a popular argument. In 1997, the Supreme Court recognized no federal constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide (Harned 1), which defined suicide as receiving assistance from a physician using a lethal dose (Pearson 1), leaving it to state legislatures to legalize such a right. practice if you want. Since then, only Oregon and Washington have legalized physician-assisted suicide. People who seek suicide often have biased judgments and are generally not mentally healthy. Legalizing the practice would allow people to become victims of coercion by friends and family to commit suicide. Furthermore, asking for death is unfair to a doctor's personal dogma. Some argue that society should honor each person's freedom to choose to commit suicide with the assistance of a physician; however, given the reasoning provided, it is in society's best interest for physician-assisted suicide to remain illegal. Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized because suicidal people have distorted judgments that mentally prevent them from making such a decision, people who feel like a burden to their families may choose death as a result, and doctors should not have to object to it. their personal doctrines and promises. One of the reasons why physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized is that the suicidal person often suffers from a mental disorder and therefore experiences distorted judgments. Most, if not all, suicidal people suffer from depression (Harned 514). Victims of depression experience extreme emotional difficulties, which impairs simple cognition and leads to self-blame, which ultimately has a negative effect on self-esteem (Balc...... middle of paper. .... March 2014. “Do Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Violate the Hippocratic Oath?” ProCon.org, Missouri Synod. University Chronicle Chicago. UChicago.edu, July 14, 2005. Web March 22, 2014. Harned, Mary “The Dangers of Assisted Suicide.” Americans United for Life, April 3, 2012. M., Lee and Alexander Stingl “Assisted.” Suicide: An Overview." Viewpoints: Great Neck Publishing, January 1, 2013. 1. Alabama Virtual Library, March 20, 2014. .Pearson, John. “Point of View: Assisted Suicide is Unnecessary.” Viewpoints: Assisted Suicide Publishing, January 1, 2013. 2. Viewpoints Internet Library March 20. 2014.