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

It is inhuman to continually allow a person to suffer when there is no chance of them improving. Even animals are put out of their misery when injured or sick beyond repair as to not prolong the suffering, humans should be allowed that same option. Long term pain can severely affect a person, sometimes causing the patient to be mad and hateful without meaning to . Giving a person a choice to end their life while they still hold on to the personality they have always had is not for the government but for the patient. A dying person should not be tortured in the process unless they choose to be. Terminating one's life to escape from excruciating pain is an excellent reason to legalize Euthanasia.

Euthanasia, often called "mercy killing", is the act of putting to death someone suffering from a painful and prolonged illness or injury. Euthanasia means that someone other than the patient commits an action with the intent to

Euthanasia is the deliberate act of putting an end to a patient’s life for the purpose of ending the patients suffering. But can it ever be right to kill patients, even with the intent to ease suffering? To kill patients, even with the intent to ease suffering, is considered homicide. Over the past years euthanasia has been defeated and become illegal in every country besides Netherland and Belgium. I am afraid that if euthanasia could have been legalised in those two countries, it’s a matter of time; the whole world would approval and soon follows the Dutch’s example of ‘good and easy death.’ Once legalised, euthanasia will become a means of health care containment, will become involuntary and would not only apply for the terminally ill,

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.

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 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

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

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.