Pros And Cons Of Euthanasia

Human euthanization is not something new, but it is widely believed to be unethical. In reality, human euthanization is a painless solution to a terminal illness. The earliest recorded euthanization was in ancient Greece and Rome during five B.C. During this time suicide and mercy killings were also not frowned on so euthanizing humans was not seen as anything bizarre or unorthodox (Staff, 2015). In five B.C. mercy killing was not an unholy act according to the religion the Greeks and Romans follow .In fact, euthanasia has only been disapproved of in fairly recent years, the first law against assisted death was in the seventeenth century in colonial America and in recent times mercy killings have started becoming acceptable again across the world (Staff, 2015). The current argument against euthanasia is the fear tha twill use it for suicide such as in the case of Nathan Verhelst (Hamilton,

Nathan Verhelst was upset over a sex change and he used this law as a legal way to commit suicide, Doctor Wim Distelmans, who did the euthanizing, is now known by all because of the death he brings. Doctor Kevorkian made some of the largest strides in the legalization of assisted suicide also know as human euthanasia, before he started his crusade on the legalization of euthanasia it was only legal in one state, oregon, now euthanasia is legal in five states ( Horner, J. S.1996). Hamilton’s article informs how euthanization if not properly monitored, can be dangerous, but it can also end the suffering regardless of whether the suffering is mental or physical (Hamilton, 2013, Terminally). Belgium provides an example how even the strictest laws can be avoided by malpractice and that euthanasia laws are not meant to just end physical suffering, but mental anguish as well. Nathan Verhelst’s euthanasia is one of the most talked about incidents in