Euthanasia Should Be Allowed

Some nations like Belgium, and Netherlands allow euthanasia because of some rational reasons, but Korea still regards euthanasia as an illegality. However, in 2009, Korean Supreme Court finally handed down the decision that accepted a woman's death with dignity and ordered to remove her artificial respiratory machine. Till this decision was handed down, there was a long, long court struggle. Is it a watershed that Korean society become generous to euthanasia? Or, is it just a proof that euthanasia is still hard to be done in Korea? Through this essay, I will explain the reason why euthanasia should be allowed in Korea for three reasons; human's right to die in dignity, burden to patients' families and themselves, and unrelatedness with social atmosphere that neglects life.

First of all, every human has a right to take a charge and die in dignity. As an example of this point, there was a British man who won a suit that he asked the hospital to stop his meaningless extending life. He suffered from stroke and paralysis caused by stroke, and he wanted to die with dignity as a human. He and his family thought that there's no hope as her wife said, "nothing is going to get better". Then court respected their decision. In other words, court recognized one's right to die in dignity. Even in Korea, there was a similar case. As previously stated, in 2009, an elderly woman who became a vegetable because of brain damage which broke out in the process of screen for cancer got the right to rest in peace. Her family and proponents of their decision, argue that prohibiting euthanasia is depriving her of right to maintain dignity as a human. In addition, according to liberalism all people have freedom to do what they want to do except to har...

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...bortion applying to the law about health of mother and child. The law stipulates the permissible cases in detail. This kind of preparing regulation also applies to disputation about euthanasia. If there are proper regulations that stipulate the allowable cases circumstantially, It can prevent people from neglecting life.

In conclusion, euthanasia should be allowed in Korea. I gave three reasons through this essay. Let me repeat theses again. As a human, we all have own right to die in dignity and prohibiting euthanasia obstructs this right. Secondly, patients' families and patients themselves undergo some troubles in financial and also emotional way. Finally, euthanasia is not related to social atmosphere that neglects life. Even though it causes that atmosphere, proper regulations can prevent this. For these reasons, euthanasia should be allowed in Korea.