Do The Terminally Ill Have A Right To Die?

Claim:
Dying is not a “right.”  There is no miracle drug that will give ‘us’ eternal life on Earth, everyone will die at some point, it’s just a matter of when, and in this case, why?  The debatable question is, “Are the terminally ill being murdered if their life support is taken away from them?” The decision to “pull the plug” should be relied on the condition of the “ill” and how “ill” they truly are.  If the “ill” are in a vegetative state and could donate organs to save someone else, then they should, even if it means “killing” the “ill.” 

Evidence (Data):
The definition of living is “in actual existence or use.”

Warrant:
Do you consider lying in a bed, having no function, no thoughts, no senses, no feelings, no awareness of what is going on around you, truly “living?”

Backing:
What if there was a little boy, 6 years old, he hasn’t even begun to live his life.  Since he was two, he has been in and out of children’s hospitals, doctors operating on him, scratching their heads in confusion on what could possibly make this boy so sick.  On the boy’s last trip to the hospital, one of his many doctors tells him he has only three days left to live…unless…he gets a heart transplant.  With the boy’s rare blood type, it will be one difficult task to find an appropriate donor.  Meanwhile, a man, eighty-seven years of age, is in the same hospital as the boy.  The man is in a coma and has been for several weeks.  His family is too attached to let go of the man and wants to keep him “living” as long as possible.  It turns out that the “ill” man and the desperate boy have the exact same rare blood type.  This man’s heart could save the boy’s life, and allow the boy to actually live his life.  The man has been living a long and happy life until now.  The boy is “living” what appears to be a short and miserable life. The man will probably never waken from this coma but the family doesn’t want to give up.  The boy will die in less than 72 hours.  Wouldn’t you say the boy should have a chance at life? The man’s life was great. I believe the coma is God’s way of saying it’s time for him to go.  In other words, by killing this old man who lived his wonderful life, you are saving this young child who hasn’t had a life yet.

Rebuttal:
Although miracles do happen…people have been known to wake up from comas that they had been in for years.  If you went and “pull[ed] the plug” on a man that had been in a coma then he would never get a chance at that possible miracle.  Even though the terminally ill are…well…ill…they are still alive (to some point). Some people have stated, “The direct killing of an innocent person is never acceptable in a civilized society.” I am a Christian and by saying this I am not questioning God, but their chances of waking up are slim.  Harshly speaking, they could help save another life, by taking away their own. 

Qualifier: 
 In some cases, the condition of the person’s illness may be well enough to live a life after life support.  Although in the cases of people who can not live with out their machine, their bodies are just laying there, useless, when inside the body are organs or blood that might just save another human being.