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When is the pain and suffering of an individual enough for that individual to want to have someone help them in ending their lives? Ethically speaking assisted suicides sits on the fence, it is one of those issues that don't have a wrong or right it lies in the eye of the beholder. Should the patient be able to have autonomy in a case of assisted suicides or are they mentally compromised from the pain to be able to make a decision about something as precious as human life. Over the years people like Dr. Jack Kevorkian and the state of Oregon have stood for what they believe in, challenged the norm, and offered another look at what people are calling "Death-Doctors". Historically assisted suicides or a view on suicides have been around for as long as mankind has recorded history. The old and the New Testament talks about it (suicide) and states, "Hundreds of Jews killed themselves at Masada in order to avoid being captured by Roman legions."(Duncan) also in the number of times......

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