Persuasive Essay On Euthanasia

When a patient is terminally ill or is experiencing extreme pain, often Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide can both be plausible options to end any suffering. Euthanasia is currently legalized in seven countries and parts of the United States (New Health Guide). This number is not likely to increase soon because of the high controversy, which is due to the very serious topic of this matter: a person 's life. The general process of these medical methods is usually understood as a doctor somehow deliberately causing the death of a patient or helping with their suicide. Many believe that it is unethical and violates laws, oaths, and more. Though people believe this, it is truly unethical to not give a person a choice in the manner in which they will perish.

In 1994, physician-assisted suicide became legal in Oregon which was the only state during that time. Physician-assisted suicide, also euthanasia, is when a physician provides a patient with the medical means or the medical knowledge to commit suicide. Particular words are so sensitive that individuals across the world are still, to this day, attempting to delete the Death with Dignity Act. The notion legalizing assisted suicide frightens citizens; however, they do not know how the patient feels. Laws like this should be used to open the minds of citizens who believe that physician-assisted dying is morally wrong and help patients in pain. Patients with a terminal illness should be allowed assisted suicide because their organs can be used freely to save another's life, they can pass knowing it was their choice, and it can decrease the hospital costs of the patients.

Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from a terminal illness. When most people bring upon this subject it opens a very broad debate. It could easily be seen in both a negative way and positive way. Some people see it as more of murder and morally incorrect, but some view it as a way to keep someone from suffering until their death. There are ways to cure colds, fevers, broken bones, etc. but for those who are terminally ill, have to live in pain and agony knowing it won’t get better. Despite plentiful hard evidence to the contrary, the same way we have the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, we should have to right to death. Also, government shouldn’t be able to define our end-of-life decisions, or our bodily choices. Lastly, keeping the patient alive costs more money and emotional distress than to keep them suffering with no hope of getting better.

If you could decipher your death, how would you choose to die? How would that answer change if you were suffering? Euthanasia, also known as “good death,” is the act of putting a living thing to death painlessly or allowing them to die by withholding extreme medical practices, such as withholding food. Then there is involuntary euthanasia: “a competent person’s life is brought to an end despite an explicit rejection of euthanasia” as stated by Robert Young, the author of Medically Assisted Death. In the case of euthanasia, many people will argue that it is murder, but considering all the ways to die, it is one of the most humane ways to end a life.

In present society Euthanasia is a very controversial topic and must be addressed carefully and thoughtfully out of the respect of others. It is a topic that for those who are undecided on what side to pick really do not know which way to swing until it impacts their life. Euthanasia roughly translates into “a good death”, so for those who chose to end their life by their own decision, and without them having to deal with pain or the inevitable long incurable diseases, then they should be allowed to do so with ease.

Euthanasia, one of the most debatable topics in our time, has slowly gained approval by some countries. The first country to accept euthanasia was the Netherlands and little by little has gained some momentum. According to an article in Medical News Today the definition of euthanasia is “assisted suicide by a physician or doctor with the intent of ending someone’s life to relieve persistent suffering” (Nordqvist, 2016). In the United States, there are only six states that consider euthanasia legal and they are California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and the DC area, with Montana allowing it with the approval of the courts. In the remaining states, it is still considered illegal to practice euthanasia and assisted suicide (ProCon.org, 2017).

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.

When we think about euthanasia, we usually think of putting down a pet such as a dog or a cat to relieve them of their misery. But what about humans? Shouldn’t a patient who is suffering with a terminal illness be granted the right to die peacefully? A terminal illness is an incurable disease where adequate treatment is not available, and the patient should expect death shortly after diagnosis. Even when treatment is involved, death will ultimately occur. People that have these diseases should be given more control over the fate of their lives. Currently, the only states in the US that allow assisted suicide are California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. Every state in the US should implement a death with dignity law into their legislation for competent patients. When patients are in incredible amounts of pain, they deserve the right to end their suffering, release the financial burden of medical bills, and maintain their human right to determine their fate through doctor assisted suicide.

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.

Did you know that out of 196 countries in the world, only nine countries have legalized euthanasia? (http://www.storypick.com/euthanasia-facts/), that is only 4.6% Euthanasia is a term for peacefully ending somebody’s life with the deliberate intention of doing it. This topic has been debated over for many, many years, whether it should be legal or not. Numerous people believe you should have the choice to decide whether you would like to end your life or not, provided that there is an appropriate reason. (http://www.ves.org.nz/) Others think that it is unnatural, that it is not God’s intention and that your time will come to an end at the right point. There are multiple reasons why people choose euthanasia, the downhearted effects on their family and the several types of euthanasia. This essay will argue that euthanasia should be illegal and that you should not be able to choose your death date.

It is understood across the nation that people as citizens have natural rights including the right to freedom, liberty and property. A less spoken right that is undeniable to people across the world is the right to die. People can choose what they do before they die, what happens to their body after they die, so why not the way they die if the circumstances allow it? A professionally performed action of euthanasia, the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease, is an option for people close to death. Euthanasia should be legal in the United States in order to secure natural rights, ensure cultural diversity, and provide a beneficial option for the terminally ill.

         There is much controversy in the world regarding the Death With Dignity Act, an act which allows ill patients to be able to access physician-assisted suicide. This act is currently only available in Oregon, Washington, Vermont, Montana and New Mexico. How would you feel, knowing you were going to die and that it would be painful up until the very end, would you want to end your life in control, with peace and tranquility, surrounded by your friends and family having fun or would you want to die naturally but filled with pain? Some people are against this act and some people are for it yet there are still many people who are on the fence about  this topic. I, for one, support the Death With Dignity Act because it ends suffering, gives the patient control over the end of their life, and helps people who have terminal illnesses.

Euthanasia, deriving from Greek eu- “good or well” + Thanatos- “death” = good death, is the practice of intentionally ending a life of a patient suffering from an incurable or painful disease or condition. It has created an uproar around the world and caused debates over the morality of this practice. Only physicians and other medical professionals can induce euthanasia with a lethal injection of a patient; that is if the patient requested to do so. Although, if death is not intended, then it is not an act of euthanasia. Euthanasia is illegal in most of the United States and other countries, and are only physician assisted death in California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Washington DC, and Montana. It is legal in six of the states by state law while Montana is legal under court ruling. Euthanasia, a form of “good death,” seen through its history, pro-supporters, and anti-supporters, can either be considered a blessing or a misfortune.

We have all gone through sicknesses that seem to go on forever. We’ve all had that horrible stomach flu or terrible cold that we just wish would end. As humans, we like to make sure we aren’t in pain for too long. Imagine having an illness that won’t go away. Instead, imagine an illness that ends up consuming your life and taking over every aspect of it. Not a very nice picture, is it? That’s why I believe terminally ill patients should have the right to end their life in a dignified and quick way.

Comedian Stella Young said “The killing of a disabled person is not compassionate or what doctors say “Euthanasia” it is Murder”The history of Assisted Suicide has started almost 2,000 years ago.Only 6 states in the U.S. passed the law of having assisted suicide.Some people aren’t meeting the criteria for having assisted suicide. When people are in the hospital they need more courage, they need to ask their doctor “When am i going home” instead of “Can i get Assisted Suicide”.