Derek Humphry's intentions were to help terminally ill people die peacefully ("The Evolution of the Right to Die in America"). For others who have assisted in assisted suicide, they say it's no different than taking a person off a ventilator or helping them off dialysis, the decision is important, but it's what is supposed to be done when a patient is in pain (“The Evolution of The Right to Die in America”). Derek Humphry had created an organization that Americans considered crazy and useless: “And everyone said I was crazy. America was not ready for physician-assisted suicide. And I said, 'oh, I think so.' So I began on a lonely path in 1980, campaigning for the right to choose to die terminally” (“The Evolution of the Right to Die in the United States”). Most of the reasons for legalizing euthanasia stem from unrelieved or undertreated patient pain. With today's modern technology, much of the pain patients experience cannot be properly treated. However, most people who seek physician-assisted suicide are generally affluent and educated (“Stigma around physician-assisted death persists”). Because patients have the power to decide whether to receive or refuse medical treatment, the decision to receive a lethal injection or drug should also be a patient's rights. By giving a short or rapid death, the autonomy of the patient is always respected and shows