Government officials, mayors, governors, doctors, etc. respectively agree with PAD or PAS to aim for peace of mind and comfort in a swampy situation. "On May 20, 2013, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill legalizing PAD in Vermont." (Terri Hallenbeck) [1] "In 2008, the Washington state electorate voted in support of Initiative 1000 which legalized assisted suicide in the state through the Washington Death With Dignity Act." [2] In 1999, the State of Texas passed the Advanced Directives Act. Under the law, in certain situations, Texas hospitals and doctors have the right to withdraw life-sustaining measures, such as mechanical breathing, from terminally ill patients when such treatment is considered both futile and inappropriate. [3] In the United States, legal and ethical debates over euthanasia became more prominent in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan who entered a coma after allegedly mixing tranquilizers with alcohol, surviving biologically for 9 years in a “persistent vegetative state” even after euthanasia. New Jersey Supreme Court approval to remove her from ventilator. This case aroused widespread public concern regarding "lives not worth living" and the possibility of at least voluntary euthanasia if it were possible to ensure that the patient