Which of the following best describes why some advocacy groups have taken a strong stand against physician-assisted suicide?
a. Ethical belief that life is always preferable to death
b. Emphasis that there is always hope for a research breakthrough or discovery of a new treatment intervention
c. Fear that some persons may be "encouraged" to accept an early death merely because they are not valued by society for their contributions
d. Helping someone die is murder, plain and simple
ANS: C
Because people have previously been killed because they had a disability, some advocacy groups, such as Not Dead Yet, have taken a strong stance against physician-assisted suicide, fearing it will lead to the early or forced death of people with disability. Ethical and personal beliefs and emphasizing the hope for a new treatment have not been stands taken by advocacy groups against physician-assisted suicide.
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