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Euthanasia should be legalized

Euthanasia has become a much-discussed issue today because medicine has become much better.
People live longer and doctors can sometimes keep people alive for a long time with the help of
machines.
We are able to choose all kinds of things in life from who we marry to what kind of work we do and I think
when one comes to the end of one's life, whether you have a terminal illness or whether you're elderly,
you should have a choice about what happens to you. I’m pro life - I want to live as long as I possibly can,
but l also believe the law should be changed to let anyone with some severe medical condition which is
causing unbearable symptoms to have an assisted suicide. I wouldn't want to be unnecessarily kept alive
against my own will

Euthanasia is known as many different things like mercy killing, physician

assisted suicide, and the right to die, but they all mean the same thing.
Euthanasia is administering a lethal dosage of a certain medication, or ending
all life support means, and letting a person who is terminally ill pass away at
their own will. Many different things charge the debate surrounding this hot
button issue. Terminal diseases and illnesses are painful, especially when the
person inflicted is nearing the end of their battle. Unimaginable pain,
uncertainty, and a loss of control are things that no one should have to endure
when they are nearing their death.

The Pros of Euthanasia

1. An End To Suffering
People that are living with a terminal illness, or that are in an irreversible coma,
are suffering. This is especially true when you look at the end of their battle.
The pain can be debilitating, and the only option for these people are to take
copious amounts of drugs and painkillers to help numb the pain even just a little
bit. The quality of life is extremely low. Euthanasia gives these people a way to
stop theirs and their family’s suffering.

2. Death With Dignity

A person that is bed ridden and sick is at the mercy of nurses, medical staff,
and family for things like eating, using the restroom, changing clothes, and
bathing. This can be very degrading for a person, and many do not want to be a
burden or remembered by their family in such a way. Giving them the
opportunity to choose when they die and how they die lets them take control of
their own life, and the ability to say what they want to say or do for their family
before their death.

3. Frees Up Funds And Equipment

Terminally ill patients, or people that are in irreversible comas, use a large
portion of the medical funding available. This is also true for space that is
available in the hospitals and care facilities. While this is by no means a good
way to look at it, it is simply an added benefit of euthanasia. These people,
instead of spending weeks, months, or even years using these resources, could
die in peace all while saving money and space for the hospitals.

4. The Freedom To Choose

No body wants to be at the mercy of anybody else, especially not a disease or
sickness that has controlled your life for so long. The biggest benefit of
euthanasia is simply having a choice. It puts people back in control of their own
life, when it matters the most. This gives people a great sense of peace and
hope for their family.

Legalizing euthanasia would help alleviate suffering of terminally ill patients. It would be
inhuman and unfair to make them endure the unbearable pain.

In case of individuals suffering from incurable diseases or in conditions where effective

treatment wouldn’t affect their quality of life; they should be given the liberty to choose induced
death.

Also, the motive of euthanasia is to "aid-in-dying" painlessly and thus should be considered and
accepted by law. Although killing in an attempt to defend oneself is far different from mercy
killing, law does find it worth approving.

In an attempt to provide medical and emotional care to the patient, a doctor does and should
prescribe medicines that will relieve his suffering even if the medications cause gross side
effects. This means that dealing with agony and distress should be the priority even if it affects
the life expectancy. Euthanasia follows the same theory of dealing with torment in a way to help
one die peacefully out of the compromising situation.

Euthanasia should be a natural extension of patient's rights allowing him to decide the value of
life and death for him. Maintaining life support systems against the patient's wish is considered
unethical by law as well as medical philosophy. If the patient has the right to discontinue
treatment why would he not have the right to shorten his lifetime to escape the intolerable
anguish? Isn’t the pain of waiting for death frightening and traumatic?

Family heirs who would misuse the euthanasia rights for wealth inheritance does not hold true.
The reason being even in the absence of legalized mercy killing, the relatives can withdraw the
life support systems that could lead to the early death of the said individual.

This can be considered as passive involuntary euthanasia. Here they aren’t actively causing the
death, but passively waiting for it without the patient’s consent.

It can be inferred that though euthanasia is banned worldwide, passive euthanasia has always
been out there which can also be called as passive killing and moreover law doesn’t prohibit it.
Disrespect and overuse of (passive) euthanasia has always existed and will be practiced by
surrogates with false motives. These are the ones who don’t need a law to decide for one’s life.
Present legal restrictions leaves both the incurable patients as well as pro euthanasia activists
helpless who approve euthanasia as good will gesture for patient’s dignity.

Health care cost is and will always be a concern for the family irrespective of euthanasia being
legalized.