The Right-to-Die issue appeared in the headlines recently with the death of Ludwig Minelli, who died at the age of 92. He was the founder of a Swiss organization, Dignitas, (a Right to Die organization) in 1998. He died, no surprise, by assisted suicide.

It’s worthwhile taking a closer look at the Right-to-Die choice. A person who elects to choose a Right-to-Die outcome for their life may not realize that it violates moral and religious laws. A Right- to-Die choice for Jews and perhaps Christians, too, opposes the tenets of both religions.

Most of the arguments for supporting Right-to-Die focus on alleviating the suffering of the patient. The decision then raises the question about whether the person has been coerced into dying.

The Right to Die Movement first began in 1975:  

In 1975, Derek Humphry helped his wife, who was dying from breast cancer, take her own life. Five years later, Humphry founds the Hemlock Society, the first right-to-die organization in the U.S., in his garage in Santa Monica, Calif. Its mission is to help terminally ill people die peacefully, and advocate for laws backing physician-assisted suicide. Humphry comes to be considered by many to be the father of the right-to-die movement, and within 12 years, the group grows to 80 chapters.

‘And everybody said I was crazy — America was not ready for physician-assisted suicide. And I said, ‘Oh, I think it is.’ And so I started out on a lonely path back in 1980, campaigning for the right to choose to die when terminally ill.” —Derek Humphry 

If we look carefully at this choice, there are several factors that conflict with the decision to pursue this path.

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