Assisted suicide relieves the pain and suffering of patients. For example, assisted suicide benefits patients because they have the opportunity to choose to end their lives when they have no hope of continuing to live. Assisted suicide is both a good and a bad thing, with both sides having their own reasons. There are many people who support assisted suicide as well as people with an opposing view. Assisted suicide should be allowed because it benefits people suffering from a degenerative, painful or life-threatening illness. Patients have the right to make their own decisions and choose whether they want to end their life. The first piece of evidence supporting my reason that patients have the right to choose to end their lives is found in the article "The Positive Aspects of Physician-Assisted Suicide" by Nicole Smith from the website articlemyriad.com. The first piece of evidence is where she says: "Furthermore, access to physician-assisted suicide allows the patient to maintain control of their situation and end their life in an ethical and merciful manner." » This piece of evidence supports my rationale that patients have the right to make their own decisions and choose whether they want to end their lives. This piece of evidence supports my reasoning because it says that if patients had access to assisted suicide, they would be able to choose when they want to end their lives based on the situation they find themselves in. This can be seen when people are going to suffer so much and they don't want to continue living, so they talk about assisted suicide. The second piece of evidence supporting why patients have the right to choose to end their lives is found in the same article where she says: "It is necessary to have a balanced view of the issue and not .... middle of paper......patients are suffering from a degenerative, painful or life-threatening illness and no amount of help can stop their suffering, they should be able to request assisted suicide to end their suffering. This supports my contention that assisted suicide should be permitted because it benefits people suffering from a degenerative, painful, or life-threatening illness. This supports my statement because patients could get help, but if it doesn't help enough, they should be able to choose assisted suicide and end their lives without having to continue to suffer. In conclusion, assisted suicide is a good thing and beneficial when patients no longer have any hope of continuing to live. Assisted suicide is beneficial for patients suffering from a degenerative or life-threatening illness who have nothing else to do. Assisted suicide may seem like a bad thing, but in reality it is something very useful..