The argument is that a person that is suffering from a terminal illness and who may be in considerable pain and limited in many routine daily activities, and who may be entirely dependant on their family or friends for their day-to-day care, should have the right to end their lives when they choose.  As a side note: We must not allow the government take control of the health care system....  

 We can use a couple recent incidences which occurred in the state of Oregon as our example... in two separate unrelated cases patients were denied crucial prescriptions’ coverage for their Cancer treatment because they were told..  it was "to costly". In turn the both patients were offered assistance for "Comfort Care" (that is assisted suicide to you and me).  I personally find this outrageous, and so did the patients. After some litigation the patients were finally granted coverage for their prescriptions’.

The argument here is that a person should have the right to end their life with dignity, and in comfort where ever they choose rather than in a hospital.

The person should have the right to choose when, where and how they die. They should have the right to choose to not continue to have to live in pain or with low quality of life, and rid the burden of their families and caregivers.

AGAINST:

What about the sanctity of life. Dangers of a person's life being ended against their will. Questions over a person's competence to make such a decision.

Such arguments go a long way in rationalizing the debate over these issues but do not take into consideration the serious emotional stresses which are involved. The suffering of watching someone you care about deteriorating and in unbearable pain has already been a powerful enough experience to lead them in the decision to assist others in ending that life. However, once that decision is made and carried out, then there is the almost certain risk of being charged with murder.  Doctors struggle with how relieve their patients pain, knowing that they could be ending their patient's life which is in violation of one principle of the Hippocratic oath primum non nocere ('First of all, do no harm').

Families often make the painful decision that their suffering loved one should not be resuscitated.

One of the arguments most emphasized against euthanasia and assisted suicide is a biblical one. In Christianity, suicide of any form is morally wrong because, having given life, God is the only one who has the right to take it away. The latter point also encompasses euthanasia since it moves the control for taking life from God to humanity. The Fifth (5th)Commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill' (Exodus 20, verse 13), makes it quite clear what the God's Word says about these issues.Neither of these situations are easy ones. Unarguably, it is heartwrenching to watch as a loved one is dying. But who are we to decide how, when and where. So in such situations, pray and pray consistently. God still does do miracles. Whether the miracle is in the one who is ill or maybe in you.Put God first and trust in Him, and He will get you through. He will never let you down.   "Always put God first." (Genesis 22:1-19)

Although we may not understand the ways of God, His Word says "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)