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You sit there, suffering slowly and painfully. You are confined to a small room where doctors and visitors look on, pondering your future, something you have had plenty of time to think about. Medical costs soar to phenomenal amounts. You honestly cannot see any reason to go on living. You request that the life support systems be removed, or a form of assisted suicide to finally end it all for you; however, technically it cannot …

…the decision themselves. Currently, several other countries, Switzerland and Columbia tolerate euthanasia, though it has not been legalized. It is unfair to say that a person suffering, with a bleak outlook on the upcoming days or years, has no input on the future. Taking the time to use a rational mindset and analyze these issues, many will come to the conclusion that the patient, if mentally capable, should solely determine the life or death situation.