Assisted Suicide Argumentative Analysis

“It’s ridiculous that somebody who’s been told that they’re going to die in six months has to drive 600 miles north to die peacefully.” These were the remarks of Dan Diaz, the husband of Brittany Maynard a woman who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and had to drive to Oregon to be legally euthanized. Brittany’s tragic story was received with acclaim and disgust due to assisted suicide being such a controversial issue. With the debate of making assisted suicide nationally legal right on a cusp of fruition, writer-reporter for Time Josh Sanburn writes to inform readers on the two different aspects of the debate in his article “The Last Choice”. Mr. Sanburn writes an ample overview on the prospect of legalized assisted suicide in the

He doesn’t state facts that aren’t backed by his reputable sources and only addresses what actually matters. In his article Josh mentions that “plenty of doctors have come to feel otherwise” in regards to doctors opposing life ending treatments. Josh then re-addresses it with the actual fact and source writing that “In December 2014 Medscape poll of 21,000 doctors, 54% supported physician-assisted dying, up from 46% in 2010.” Then stating that this is the first time in the medical industry that the majority have backed the practice of assisted suicide. His professional way of incorporating logos in evident throughout his whole article. Not only does Josh incorporate logos that is in favor of assisted suicide but he also addresses it in favor of the opposing viewpoints: “In Oregon, for example, 1,327 people have been prescribed life-ending medication since it was allowed in 1997, and 859 have actually died from taking it.” By doing this Josh shows that he is not heavily biased on the issue and has truly done he research and this furthers his ethos as a author. Josh does this with all his evidence and counter evidence, he doesn’t try and use to change your opinion but just to