Legalization Of Euthanasia In The United States

Moreover, from the legislation perspective, the height of arbitrariness, injustice and abuse is reached if euthanasia is legalized, since there is no sufficient legal resort to exercising euthanasia. It is accepted the possibility that even other people may sign a request for euthanasia on behalf of the incapacitated patient and in the presence of witnesses. In addition, the law doesn't provide any specific punishment against physicians giving euthanasia without the necessary requisites. The choice of euthanasia becomes serious when it takes the form of a murder committed by

What is euthanasia? Euthanasia, or mercy killing, is the treatment given to terminally ill patients by doctors when the pain is too hard for the patients to endure. There are different types of euthanasia used by doctors for the patient: voluntary euthanasia, where the treatment is given with the patient’s consent; non-voluntary euthanasia, when the patient is not able to decide the choice of using euthanasia; and involuntary euthanasia, a type of euthanasia where patients are forced against their will to use euthanasia. The history of euthanasia is extensive, and it can also affect families as well.

The act of deliberately ending one’s life ostensibly to relieve him/her from severely unrelenting pain and suffering is called Euthanasia. The word Euthanasia is derived from a combination Greek prefix, ‘Eu’ and ‘thanatos’ meaning good and death respectively (Humphry 1-A). According to Webster’s Dictionary, Euthanasia is the practice or an act of ending the life of a hopelessly sick or injured person and will eventually lead to his/her death. Euthanasia—commonly referred to as mercy killing draws and a lot of unending debates and unparallel controversies not only the medical doctors and the families of the affected individuals, but also from the general public, governments, policy makers and scholars alike. Euthanasia is arguably attributed with socioeconomic benefits as well as moral aspects of life. If anything, death being an inevitable natural phenomenon and every living organism, at one point or another must die.

Often, controversy on the legalization of euthanasia revolves around the right to life; anti-euthanasia proponents argue that euthanasia infringes on a person’s fundamental right to live. What they fail to see is that our “life” as human beings implies death. Without death, we do not have “ human life” by its very definition. Like two sides of a coin, human life cannot occur without death. Therefore when people argue a person’s fundamental right to live, they unknowingly are agreeing that every person has the fundamental right to die. Patients should have the right to decide whether they want to prolong their pain or simply end their suffering because it is

                         Lately in America there have been a lot of discussion and debate on the topic of euthanasia and rather if its right or wrong. "Euthanasia is defined as the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy" (Merriam-Webster). "Euthanasia comes from the Greek word's eu and thanatos and means happy death or good death" (Moreland). Euthanasia is also known as physician assisted suicide and no one is better known for the practice of physician assisted suicide than Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

The cases where active euthanasia can be administered morally must fulfill two requirements. The first requirement is that the patient must be in intolerable and incurable pain. To prolong the patient’s survival by putting them through suffering is a violation of the principle of non-maleficence, which states that health care providers must “not inflicting unnecessary pain, suffering, and/or harm on patients” (Fisher 20). The second requirement is that the patient must be competent when giving consent, which can be either in person or in the form of a surrogate. If the patient is determined to be competent, they may choose to accept or reject medical advice from the physician, as well as offer their own solution, if no harm comes to others. Going against the patient’s wishes will be a violation of their self-determination and rights. Overall, the two requirements render active euthanasia to be morally permissible in certain

Euthanasia is a practice that should be allowed because only the patient that is diagnosed with a terminal disease knows how they really feel. Some people can make their own decisions to take their own lives and die with dignity. However, other people are in a comma or are in bed for years without any hope to recuperate. In that case, there is no reason to let them suffer; most of the time, the family suffers more to see their loved ones suffering than to pull the plug on the them. The euthanasia will help shorten the grieving process and end suffering of their loved ones, so that the victim can rest in peace.

Euthanasia is the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy. There are many forms of euthanasia that are allowed in a few states as long as the legal restrictions are met. To be voluntarily euthanized, you must be suffering from a terminal illness that can’t be cured or if the patient has a very low chance of surviving treatment for their illness. If a terminally ill patient expressed to be euthanized at a competence state prior to an incompetence state then others can decide to end his life on good terms because they know that is what they would’ve wanted. Many lives could be laid to rest peacefully and painlessly, that is if the law allowed terminally ill patients to do so everywhere.

Euthanasia should be legalized in all 50 states. Because they are some diseases which can’t be cured which is causing people pain every day of their life. It is an easy way to get out of your misery. Individuals who are suffering should have the right to determine if they want to proceed their life with pain or not. It’s also known as mercy killing.

Euthanasia is not only a procedure that is considered in the Unites States, but it is also practiced in other countries. Regulations for the process of euthanasia in other countries differ greatly compared to the regulations of the United States. In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide (The Guardian). The legalization of this act imposed a strict set of conditions before being performed by the physician. The patient must be suffering unbearable pain, their illness must be incurable, and the demand of taking one’s own life must be made in “full consciousness” by the patient.

Euthanasia by definition refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. Also called mercy killing; the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person suffering from an incurable, especially painful disease or condition. Lastly, it is also known as painless death. In order to be done, the dying patient or their legal representative can request the procedure to be performed by a physician.

All in all, euthanasia ends the patients and his family sufferings yet, it shouldn’t be legalized. Euthanasia should not be practiced because we all deserve to live. It is like killing and no one but God can take somebody's life. Consequently, Death is not the answer for any issue when there is an opportunity to tackle those issues while we are still

Euthanasia, or physician assisted death has many pros and cons. Everyone has the right to die under the eyes of the law. In 1997, there was a court case between the state of Washington and Glucksberg based on “the history of the law’s treatments.” It was concluded by the US Supreme Court “that the asserted ‘right’ to assistance in committing suicide is not a fundamental liberty interest protected by the Due process Clause” (“Top”). As stated in the ethics guide for euthanasia, this so called tragedy is bound to happen to everyone eventually, and there is no reason to stop it when someone is in agonizing pain.

The thought of losing a loved one can be extremely devastating. Deciding whether someone who is trying to fight out the pain has to die, or even if they do wish to die is even more devastating. Euthanasia shouldn’t be legalized because the assumption that patients should have a right to die would impose on doctors a duty to kill, there’s no right to be killed but there are danger of being killed. We could never control it because of the different ways people think and the way they view what’s right or wrong.

Efforts to change government policies on euthanasia in the 20th century have met limited success. As of 2015, euthanasia is only legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Colombia, Japan and in the US states of Washington, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico and Montana and will be in California on January 1, 2016. In the countries that legalize it, has had mostly positive effects over individual’s quality of life, but since Euthanasia is a very sensitive issue even a small chance of misuse may hinder its probability of ever being considered to become legalized.