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| No | 42% | 939 votes | Total: 2255 votes | |
| Yes | 58% | 1316 votes |
No
by Trish Austin
Created on: February 11, 2009 Last Updated: March 29, 2009
Suicide is not a personal right. First, it is a desperate cry for help. A person who is suicidal is
Created on: November 29, 2007
Suicide is not a personal right it is a tragedy. Our rights are classified as life, liberty, and the
Created on: November 30, 2007
Suicide is Not a Personal Right
Suicide is not a personal right. Suicide is murder. "Thou shalt not kill."
by Angels Web
Created on: May 27, 2009 Last Updated: September 01, 2011
Suicide Is Not a Personal Right!
Someone once said that suicide" is a permanent solution to a temporary
Created on: November 30, 2007
Suicide is NOT a personal right, suicide is a tragic, heart-wrenching decision made by someone who has
by Katie-Ellen
Created on: February 07, 2010
No, but neither is it a personal right of anyone else to elect themselves as judge and jury after a
by Dee Devers
Created on: November 14, 2008 Last Updated: December 30, 2008
Suicide is really not a "right". You were given life as a gift to see what you can make of yourself.
Created on: November 28, 2007
Suicide in not a personal right, it's a tragedy.
Anytime someone decides that it's preferable to quit
Created on: April 09, 2011 Last Updated: April 18, 2011
I idolized Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the late 1980’s when he made his stand against the Courts ultimately
by Jan Wright
Created on: May 25, 2009
Freedom is a wonderful concept. We have the freedom of speech, the freedom to worship how we choose
by Mario Carini
Created on: November 15, 2008
The question is not so much whether suicide is a personal right but whether you have the right to affect
Created on: November 30, 2007
Suicide is not a personal right. It never has been, nor should it ever be. Life is a gift, and once
by T.C Leonard
Created on: November 28, 2007
I think all of us have contemplated suicide at one time or another. Fortunately, for must of us it is
Created on: March 29, 2008
If I build something, I have the right to tear it down, if in tearing it down, I do not injure or cause
Created on: February 29, 2008 Last Updated: October 26, 2010
As Americans, we have many personal rights but suicide is not one of them. It is a personal choice however
Created on: February 12, 2011 Last Updated: April 22, 2011
There are a number of reasons that I feel that suicide is not a personal right.
First of all, there
Created on: November 30, 2007
Personal rights are blown way out of proportion and our obsession over what we feel is due to us is
Created on: November 03, 2009
Suicide is the intentional act of killing oneself. The individual who commits suicide commits an act
Created on: June 08, 2008 Last Updated: May 25, 2011
We are born to learn, and to extinguish the flame of life prematurely is to reach the state of mind
by Irethere
Created on: April 08, 2009
No one should have to bear the pain of losing someone dear, what more lose someone to suicide? It is
Yes
by lily frost
Created on: October 22, 2011 Last Updated: October 23, 2011
Your father is dying of old age. He does not know your name. He may have signed the closest thing we
Created on: September 12, 2010
Suicide is such a selfish act. Selfish in the way that it leaves those who are left behind bereft. Yet
by R.A. Scott
Created on: June 03, 2008 Last Updated: April 21, 2009
"Plato claimed that suicide is disgraceful and its perpetrators should be buried in unmarked graves.
by Ted Sherman
Created on: November 29, 2007
Always a sticky question, and it depends on your definition of suicide. What about the GI who jumps
by Jenny Tolley
Created on: July 15, 2010
I believe that every person has the right to self-determination, as long as their self-determination
by Kate Flaxx
Created on: August 07, 2010
Personally, I think this debate question has the wrong wording. Taking ones own life comes down
Created on: May 19, 2009
Part of me as a person wants to say, "No, suicide is not an individual's right." George Eastman, the
by Kimberly H.
Created on: April 24, 2008 Last Updated: May 25, 2009
It is a matter of perception. Each person is going to have their own opinions on whether they stand
Created on: July 15, 2010
Suicide is a social taboo, seen by many as the last act of the desperate or as an act committed by those
by JustJanice
Created on: June 30, 2009 Last Updated: July 06, 2009
Most people are faced at some time or another with great sadness which, not always, but may, lead to
by Ann Miller
Created on: January 08, 2008
Is suicide a personal right? I suspect how you answer that will depend on whether you have ever felt
Created on: September 04, 2008
Not so many years ago it was a crime to commit suicide. Those grieving and attempting to come to terms
Created on: May 07, 2009
In truth, we only have the rights granted by our government, so the question is actually, "Should suicide
Created on: March 28, 2010
Suicide can devastate those who are left behind. In many major religions, suicide is a sin against God.
Created on: August 19, 2009
Is suicide a personal right?
The issue of suicidal rights belonging to the person is a difficult,
Created on: December 23, 2007
Taking or ending ones own life is indeed a personal choice. The question is should it be a personal
by Sun Meilan
Created on: June 18, 2009 Last Updated: December 23, 2011
Suicide is a very emotive subject that seems to bring out deeply differing opinions. For me, it is a
by Liz Wilson
Created on: November 29, 2007
Speaking from the perspective of someone who has a past history that includes several suicide attempts,
by D.Stalnaker
Created on: February 06, 2009
Suicide is a personal right based on the premise or freedom and the ideology that every person is free
Created on: February 29, 2008
If you slam your finger in a door, it hurts terribly, however, the pain will go away. If you knew you