America. The land of the free? We have the freedom of speech, assembly, religion, press.. what happened to the right to try to save one's life?
What if you had a fatal disease and were dying? Every second you became weaker, experience more pain, and lose control of more of your body? There aren't any approved drug or any other treatment that could possibly save your life. Would you rather face a painful death, or try new treatments? If you were facing a life/death situation, it wouldn't be very difficult to choose to experiment. If the new drug works, you live. If it doesn't work, you meet your already determined fate, death. Why not try something if there's a chance of saving your life? It would be worse to not experiment while you can-don't regret anything.
Why shouldn't patients be allowed to choose if they try an experimental drug or not? We have the right to life, yet we can't choose what happens to our bodies? Everyone should have the right to try to save their own life, even if it means trying a drug that hasn't been tested sufficiently yet. There can't be a negative outcome, because even if the drug fails to work and the patient dies, the death was inevitable anyways, and the person could die knowing that he or she did everything possible. Scientists would also know that the drug wasn't effective and could think of new ideas for more drugs that could work. Terminally ill patients should have access to experimental drugs.
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