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There are patients with terminal illnesses who are experiencing a low quality of life with no hope for a recovery. Why should they be forced to live out painful weeks, months or even years and not be allowed to die on their own terms? Terminal patients should have a moral and legal right to die how they want. Denying terminally ill patients the right to die with dignity is cruel and unfair. Doctor-assisted suicide is often referred to as Euthanasia which means "a gentle and easy death" or a “Good Death.” Assisted suicide is a good death for patients. It eliminates drawn out, painful deaths, lets the patients die when they want, and does not eliminate the patient’s own self-respect. Suicide is the act of ending the life of one’s self. Suicide used to be a crime in the United States but the law was eliminated because of the fact that after it was committed, no one was left to punish. Committing suicide is usually thought of as a way out of life because of depression. This is not the case for Euthanasia. Euthanasia is a means to ease the suffering of patients by granting them the right and means to die. It is le