After seeing the documentary How to Die in Oregon, I became deeply interested in the issue of physician assisted suicide (PSA), and have chosen this topic because of how passionate I feel about this topic. This research question does not affect my values. I can see how someone who is very religious could be opposed to this, but personally I am not opposed to it. Being raised in the Catholic Church, I understand the morals of a person who is devoutly religious and why this topic would affect their morals. I have no personal experience regarding this topic. Due to the fact that PAS is only legal in states on the West Coast (and I've never been on the West Coast), I haven't really had any chance to have any kind of experience with PAS. I am qualified to write about this topic because I am very informed on the topic. I know where it's legal, how long it's been legal, and how people even go through PAS. I know it's not an "easy way out," and that PAS is for people who really need it. I may not have personally experienced PAS in anyway, but I would say I am very well versed in the subject which makes me qualified to write about it. 

"The Shadow Side of Assisted Suicide" by Jason Breslow claims that physician assisted suicide should be legal. Breslow use's his mother's experience with PAS as evidence for the legalization of physician assisted suicide. Breslow does not only use his own experience with PAS as a tool, but he uses others experiences as a tool as well. The major value of this article is that physician assisted suicide should be legal, so a person who is terminally ill can die with dignity. The interest at stake in the article is physician assisted suicide, which is the author's interest as well as the main topic of the article. The author is credible because he has a personal experience with physician assisted suicide. He may also be bias towards the legalization of it though, because of his experience with it. The source is not biased, and is credible because it is from PBS, a very well-known news provider. 

There really is no central claim to "Physician Assisted Suicide Fast Facts," besides trying to educate the reader about physician assisted suicide. Its evidence is numbers and facts that bring to light what PAS is, where it is legal, ETC. This article relies on facts and figures to educate the reader. This article doesn't really have any major values since it is all facts. There is also not an interest at stake since it is only facts and figures. This article does not lean towards weather PAS should be legal or not, but instead informs the reader so they can make an opinion for themselves. This article is credible because it comes from a major news source that is generally seen as credible by many viewers. There is no bias seen in this article since it is simple facts.  The source also isn't biased, which allows readers to form their own opinions on physician assisted suicide. 

"There's Nothing Progressive About Physician Assisted Suicide" central claim is that PAS should not be legal in California. The author uses a claim that the Governor of California is biased towards the bill because he will have access to the best medical care possible when his life is towards the end, unlike the millions of Californians who will not because they are too poor to have good insurance and have state medicate. The major value in this article is that physical assisted suicide should not be legal and is wrong. The interest at stake is the interest of the citizens of California, who now have the right to choose PAS if the qualify. Although the author is quite credible, he is very biased. He has strong religions views and is the executive director of Catholics for a Common Good.  The source does not have any biases, it is a very credible news source. This article brings into the picture a different view that my other articles did not. 

The research question is arguable because it has two different sides that people may have opinions on and allows the reader to form their own opinion. Many of my sources agree that PAS should be legal so a patient can die with dignity. The last source I used disagrees with the rest of my sources and says that PAS should not be legal. The different perspectives of the sources do not affect my own opinion on the subject of PAS. I think I may need to revise my research question to make it more specific, but for now I think it is a good question to start my research with. 

