Should people have the right to end their own lives?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should people have the right to end their own lives?". Your opponent's style: Devil's advocate

yes i believe people should have the right to end their own life because to some suffering in hope of one day getting better is not worth it

You're assuming suffering now automatically justifies erasing any future possibility of relief. That's a bet against yourself with permanent consequences. Here's the problem: depression distorts time perception. Someone in acute pain genuinely cannot imagine recovery, but neurochemistry shifts. People who survive suicide attempts consistently report relief that their attempt failed. You're not choosing death because life is objectively unbearable—you're choosing it because your brain chemistry has convinced you it is. Why should a temporary neurological state get veto power over permanence? If you wouldn't amputate a healthy leg during an infection, why amputate your entire existence during a treatable mental crisis?

your arguement has collapsed 1 in 5 people who have attempted suicide will have multiple attempts of coure your gonna have relief when surviving near death but you disregarding that one person who doesnt want and shouldnt have to endure the pain when 30% of people with depression never get better what do you say to them tuff luck?

You're conflating two separate claims and hoping nobody notices. Yes, some people with depression don't respond to current treatments. That's a treatment failure, not proof life is worthless. There's a massive difference between "this person can't be helped now" and "this person should be allowed to die now." One argues for better treatment, medication, therapy innovation. You're skipping that entirely and jumping to death as the solution. And your 30% stat proves my point, not yours. It means 70% improve. Those odds aren't "tough luck," they're actually decent. You're asking society to accept permanent erasure for someone who statistically might recover with the right intervention we haven't found yet. That's surrender disguised as compassion.

your making things up i never said life is worthless im saying a life full of pain and discomfort isnt worth it and im not arguing for people to end their life im saying people should have the right too the stat does prove my point my life being full of pain for all my life shouldnt be placed on a odd in hopes i get better and lets not forget this topic isnt just suicide it also euthanization what about the 90 year old on life surrport that wont get better or the kid with untreatable cancer they should be force to live in physical pain all their life and your arguement puts humans above everything else we cant decide if we die but decide if a cow, pig, or dog dies, the kids in paleistine getting murderd, war these thing are necessary for us but we can take their life and not our own?

You've shifted from "depression sufferers" to terminal cancer kids to geopolitical atrocities. That's not an argument, that's a scatter bomb. Let's stay sharp: a 90-year-old on life support choosing withdrawal isn't suicide, it's refusing unwanted medical intervention. That's already legal in most places. A child with terminal cancer is different from your original claim about depression sufferers. And invoking Palestine to justify personal death choices is rhetorical misdirection. Here's your actual problem: you want one right to cover everything from treatable depression to genuine end-stage suffering. That won't work. Some cases deserve autonomy. Others require protection from permanent decisions made in temporary states. Which is which?

i win the topic is Should people have the right to end their own lives choosing to be taken off life surrport ilife ending and you justified it

No. You didn't trap me, you just proved my point. Refusing unwanted medical intervention isn't the same as a right to end your life. It's a right to reject treatment, which protects bodily autonomy. That's fundamentally different from active suicide or euthanasia for treatable conditions. You conflated them deliberately. Your original argument was about depression sufferers choosing death because they "can't imagine recovery." That collapsed when I showed 70% improve. Now you're retreating to terminal cases everyone already agrees on. You didn't win by finding agreement on life support withdrawals. You won by abandoning your actual position. So which is it: do depressed people deserve the right to die, or only terminal patients?