Legalization of Euthanasia

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Imagine yourself being unable to walk, talk, see and not only that but can barely speak let alone breathe. Your life was well live the previous years and here comes a time whereby you will have to depend on people on machines in order to survive. You are now in such unbearable pain that you cannot even cry. You can no longer complete simple tasks on your own and there is no way that you could function without assistance. You think and feel as if your life has no meaning but you are ready to fight till the end and your family is not there to support you since they think ending your life through Euthanasia is the best answer since you will never be healed and your medical attention is costing them a fortune. Well in actuality, this is not a situation that one can ever want to imagine but it happens to lots of people around the globe. Everyone has a right to live regardless of whether they have a terminal illness or life threatening injuries and therefore Euthanasia should not be legalized.
Euthanasia has become a controversial topic that is being discussed among many Americans. It has many people from different races, religion and gender in uproar due to the wide range of opinions one may hold towards this contentious topic. Some of the people argue that it is their right to chose whether to live or die while others argue that Euthanasia is a type of suicide or murder that should be wiped out completely. Euthanasia is ending a patient’s life intentionally in order to relieve their pain and suffering from terminal illnesses or life injuries through lethal injection or suspension of treatment. Euthanasia should not be legalized because first of all, every human being has the right to live despite any form of illness and suffering and...

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...ing can be worse like our right to life being diminished in value. The debate of Euthanasia is placing the lives of the weak in the hands of other people. Once the society has given a group of people the right to end life, our right to life disappears behind red tape, therefore a prudent person should not accept the Euthanasia practice by allowing their lives to be taken a way by others. Euthanasia should not be legalized.

Works Cited

Rebman, Renee C. Euthanasia and the "Right to Die". Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2002. Print.
Stefoff, Rebecca. Open For Debate: The Right to Die. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2009. Print.
Weir, Robert F. Ethical Issues in Death and Dying. New York: Columbia University Press. 1977.
Sullivan, Dennis. (2005). Euthanasia versus letting die: Christian decision-making in terminal patients. Ethics & Medicine, 21(2), 109-18.

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