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To be perfectly honest, if I am no longer able to climb out of bed on my own two feet, I would rather be carried out in a body bag. I am an explorer at heart, and to be confined so severely due to health reasons would be a constant battering ram against my spirit and the will to remain alive. Likewise, if my senses were stripped and I had nothing remaining besides my mind, I would also wish to end it.
I believe that everyone should possess a right to their own life and death, regardless of the reason given by them. I am also of the belief that these individuals should be free to seek out and receive assistance without the heavy hand of government preventing it. Life becomes no more than a prison when you lose your desire to be alive. For those who attempt it and fail, their failure should be the only punishment dealt, not any sort of further imprisonment. The assistant should also be recognized as innocent in the eyes of the law.
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