Persuasive Essay Against Euthanasia

Take a moment to put yourself in their shoes. The one’s slowly dying. The ones in unbearable pain. The ones with the inability to walk. Inability to speak. The one’s in so much agony that even swallowing is a struggle. Laying there, on your deathbed, you think: is the pain worth it? To some it may be. But to many its not. In reality,people deal with this type suffering for years on end. The way to end the pain, is a “good death” called Euthanasia. Euthanasia, also known physician assisted suicide, is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease. Now remember that physician assisted suicide is always with the consent of the patient. They are the primary decision makers. Therefore Euthanasia for terminally ill patients should be legalized in the state of California, because it is one of the most basic human rights which improves the quality of life and has already gained much public support.

A young, vibrant, teenage girl at the age of fourteen becomes diagnosed with terminal cancer. After enduring four years of countless chemotherapy treatments and surgeries, maintaining a steady and healthy diet, and missing her teenage years due to her illness, the girl remains forlorn in the hospital. Physicians and nurses do all that they can to assist the poor girl to help her deficient, substandard state but with no avail. Her family mourns; crushed, heartbroken, devastated. They remember her as their loving care-free daughter, a caring sister, a loyal friend. Their beloved daughter is losing her positive touch and the decision to cut off the support lies in the hands of the eighteen year old girl, her family, and the physicians. This raises the questions: How soon is too soon to die? Are there other options beyond assisted suicide? And, What is the young girl’s overall fate?

“To save a man’s life against his will is the same as killing him” (Horace). Many individuals struggle every day from terminal illnesses. Not only does this affect the person directly, but also the family who is forced to watch their loved one deteriorate mentally and physically. Euthanasia is a way to end personal suffering by being given a high enough dose to reduce pain and eventually cause death. Through this process there is no pain, that the patient will just figuratively, fall asleep and pass away. With the wishes of the person hurting, they can be in control of a disease that is controlling them. A illness that controls so much of a patient life, being able to make the decision when they are able to take their life with euthanasia gives the power back to them in their final stages. Euthanasia should be legal in all fifty states so individuals can take charge of their own life. In majority of the countries euthanasia or assisted suicide is against the law, that is illegal to help somebody kill themselves, regardless of circumstances. Euthanasia is something that the government can control and the people in suffering want it. Not allowing someone to be able to take their own life, is taking away a right. This right is allowing you to choose what you get to do with your life.

When a patient is at the time in their life when assisted suicide is an option, they have lost total control of their life. Abounding patients may feel as if they are a burden to others. They may require around-the-clock care. Just think, if one is depending on others to feed them, bathe them, and care for them, they feel as if they are useless. Countless patients go into depression from this battle with themselves and the thought that they are nothing except a burden on this earth. Euthanasia gives them an option to have a meaningful life. It gives them a way to take control of their life and feel as if they are responsible to make their own decision and take care of themselves. The problem that may come from the “death with dignity” matter may be that patients feel like they are required to choose this path. The patient may want to keep fighting, yet realize they will need help and do not want to put that type of responsibility on a family member or medical professional. Owing to the vulnerable state they are in, they could be easily persuaded to wish for assisted suicide. At this point, family members and friends of the ill are most likely tired of noticing someone they love suffering. This could cause them to persuade the patient to commit to this option.

The debate over the use of euthanasia is ever growing. This is due to the fact of constant increases in medical advances. Medical advances are growing the number of medicines one can be given before palliative care is an option. The main concern of the debate is whether trying new treatments and medicines are necessary before palliative care is given. Two articles will be analyzed using the Aristotelian method. Both articles are valid, but the New York Times article written by Haider Javed Warraich offers a complete perspective using all three persuasive appeals compared to the article written by Terry Pratchett for The Guardian, which the majority is written on emotion.

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” (Snyder 49). The key word in that definition is mercy; it is a person’s own decision to die due to extreme conditions. Another phrase to describe voluntary euthanasia is physician assisted-suicide. The opinion that people should be allowed to choose when to die is not the opinion of a select few. “Public-opinion polls have consistently shown that approximately sixty percent of the American public favors legal reform allowing physician-assisted death as a last resort to end the suffering of competent patients” (Miller 125). Doctors should be allowed to permit the death of terminally ill individuals because it is people’s right to refuse treatment; safeguards should be in place to ensure everyone involved is protected, and the pain and suffering associated with terminal illness would be greatly reduced.

Euthanasia. The word is derived from the ancient Greek word ‘eu thanatos’, meaning easy death. In today’s society euthanasia generally refers to mercy killing, the voluntary ending of the life of someone who is terminally or hopelessly ill. Knowing that, it is seemingly obvious and appropriate to say that one has the right to die an easy death if, and only if, he/she is terminally ill- different situations should not play any part in this issue. Personally, I believe that euthanasia should be legalised if it is voluntary. It is apparent that euthanasia should be permitted for the following reasons: individual liberty; undesired pain, suffering, and misery; and it is a moral act.

Moving away from the criminals, another form of killing would be euthanasia which happens a lot in hospitals and medical institutions. This is what people commonly call as mercy killing as they regard it as something merciful to extend to someone whose life depends only on the machines they are hooked on to. On my end, it will never be right to just abandon your loved ones and give up on them in their last few moments in life. Assisted suicide or mercy killing is still a form of killing no matter what reasons the person has.

Should it be legal to choose physician-assisted suicide? The answer isn't as easy as yes or no. Everyone has their own opinion. There are so many reasons as to why people are against it and many more reasons why others are for it. Some cons would be how euthanasia devalues human life, and how physicians shouldn't be involved in directly causing death. On the other side, euthanasia can be a way to relieve extreme pain, it can provide relief when a person's quality of life is getting lower by the second, and euthanasia can always free up medical funds to help other people.

Euthanasia, also called assisted suicide, is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable disease or an irreversible coma. This is a highly controversial topic. The reason it is so controversial is because people argue whether it is morally right to let a person with an incurable disease suffer in pain until they die; or is it better to kill them so they don't suffer. It is also compared to the death penalty because you're killing another person legally.

Euthanasia: the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. Euthanasia allows patients who are slowly suffering and dying in the hospital to end their own lives. This is a common debate whether or not people believe that euthanasia should be a choice to these patients. Some people believe that it is their own life the patient should be able to choose whether or not they want to stick it through the pain or to choose to end their suffering, while others believe that euthanasia doesn’t end suffering it just passes it along to that patient's loved ones.

Webster’s definition of Euthanasia is, “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy”. Euthanasia has become a topic of great debate on both American and International stages. Many see it as a threat to the preservation of life and the decay of society’s moral fabric, while others see it as an expansion of civil liberties and self-autonomy. While my personal beliefs are inherently anti-assisted suicide, I find myself having joined the pro-Euthanasia camp. My belief that man is entitled to complete control of his or her own destiny takes precedent that life should be protected. My reasons for allowing every man and woman the right to die are as follows.

A young boy endures a car wreck and is transported to an emergency hospital. There, he is declared brain dead. His mother decides to cut off all of his life support machines. However, the boy begins wiggling his toe moments before the withdrawal of his care and death can take place. In only a few weeks, he makes a tremendous recovery. If euthanasia had taken place, the boy would have not had the chance to wake up and be alive today. Although some people contend that euthanasia should be enacted in order to end suffering or pain; ultimately, euthanasia should not be an option and people should let their bodies shut down on their own.

One of the biggest controversies in the past decade is whether or not euthanasia should be legalized throughout the United States. Euthanasia, also known as physician assisted suicide, is the practice of ending the life of a patient (Euthanasia). There are different forms of euthanasia; they include direct/indirect, voluntary/involuntary. However, euthanasia in its entirety is what has been debated. Although some oppose the idea, others are in favor of people having the option of euthanasia. Religious concerns may give the process a bad reputation but ultimately in a public facility church and state should not intertwine and it should be the patient’s decision. Additionally, euthanasia not only helps a suffering patient but it may help their families be at peace as well. Many people believe euthanasia should remain illegal because it is inhumane or is against religious beliefs for a human being to assist someone else to end their life. Physician assisted suicide is seen to go against popular belief that it is a doctor’s job to keep a patient alive and healthy. However, a doctor’s job also includes taking the patients opinion and decision on what they want to do with themselves to get better into consideration therefore euthanasia should be legal in the United States.

Should someone who has a terminal illness, be subjected to intolerable pain and suffering for the days they have left? Scared, because they know that their body and mind will soon deteriorate into nothing. They will forget their friends and family; all of the fond memories they have will be gone. Their dignity and pride will be fractured by something they cannot change, their illness. Yet, there is a way for one to feel at peace with the hand that has been dealt to them, euthanasia. Euthanasia is mercy killing or assisted suicide. People should have the power to control what happens to their bodies. They shouldn’t be forced to suffer through unmanageable pain until their body finally decides to give up and die, it should be their choice. You do not get a choice to acquire a disease, but you can choose how, when and where you die. You should choose euthanasia because it alleviates the suffering you go through, it helps you decide if living is worth it, and states that it is your right to die.