The right to die and euthanasia, also known as physician-assisted suicide, have long been the subject of heated debate. Euthanasia is simply compassionate killing, while the term "physician-assisted suicide" relates to the administration or provision of lethal means to help end a person's life. The right to die implies the belief that if humans have the governmental and natural right to live and prolong their lives, they should also have the right to end their lives whenever they wish. Articles such as Gary Cartwright's "Last Rights" and Margaret Somerville's "The Role of Death" provide vital support for these two topics that will likely never go away. Both articles cover physician-assisted suicide and the right to die. Cartwright's article is much more personal and easier for readers to understand, while Somerville's article is very aggressive and attempts to persuade the reader with exhaustive vocabulary and unproven facts and statistics. To begin, Somerville's article is a response to the increased media coverage of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Canada. Somerville wrote this article to advocate for the anti-euthanasia movement, to strengthen those opposed to euthanasia, and to inform those who are unfamiliar with the subject. This article might also influence those stuck in the middle. Somerville believes that euthanasia is absolutely morally and ethically wrong and completely unacceptable unless, in very rare cases, a person suffers excruciating, terminal pain and has no chance of living a better life. Somerville supports this idea using facts and statistics, but some of them are not very well supported or proven. An example is his quote from Ruth Von Fuchs who is the president...... middle of article....... In short, "Last Rights" by Gary Cartwright is a better article than "The Role of Death” by Margaret Somerville. Cartwright makes his argument incredibly applicable to the reader's life by using well-developed stories and terms the reader can understand. In contrast, Somerville uses short, almost hostile paragraphs, excessive vocabulary, and unsupported facts. Although Cartwright's article is better, neither article makes one side right and the other wrong, nor does it provide a compromise that each side can agree on. It will probably be a long time before a solution is found, if ever. Works Cited Cartwright, Gary. “Last rights”. TexasMonthly. TexasMonthly, and Web. February 21, 2010 “Euthanasia”. ProCon. ProCon and Web. February 11, 2010 Somerville, Margaret. “The role of death.” Catholic education. Catholic education, nd Web. February 20. 2010