Do you believe Euthanasia should be Illegal or Legal in the US?

Answer 1

Here I am assuming that the definition of euthanasia we're using is the assisted suicide of a terminal patient who's aware enough to make a decision. Think about it. These people are in pain. They feel as if they're a burden. They've said their goodbyes. And they're ready to die. It's cruel to keep these people in the world. Why should we force them and their family to suffer? Often, these people become a burden to their family, both financially and emotionally. If the patient doesn't mind, then the family is able to keep their spirits up. But if the patient is depressed from the pain and the state of their deterioration, it saps the happiness from everyone involved. It would be better, in the latter case, that the patient be allowed to pass on, so the family could have time for closure rather than their family member drifting off in the midle of the night, without them having a real chance to say goodbye. It's taxing to live for months as if every day might be your last. Long live the right to die. That is the problem. Terminal patients DON'T have to be in pain, they SHOULDN'T feel like a burden. We aren't forcing them to suffer, we aren't forcing them to live. When my father died of cancer, he chose not to take extensive brain surgery which would have only prolonged his death. That would have been forcing him to suffer. He instead used the selfless care of hospice workers and the anesthetic effects of morphine to help him die with the least pain possible. Imagine, your sixteen-year-old baby sister is going to die in one month of cancer. Your mother or father or even your grandparents are sick and dying. Puts a whole new perspective on it, doesn't it? Its all well and good to offer it to those moaning people in the nursing homes, but when your grandpa is one of those "moaning people", you aren't so sure. Technology helps people die with less pain than ever before, and yet we're concerned with intolerable pain? Imagine, having your little sister killed just like a dog at the vet's clinic. Not only that, but there are so many ways to pressure these vulnerable people into accepting euthanization. Emotionally, psychologically, even financially. Did you know that euthanization is, effectively, the cheapest form of "medical treatment"? And what happens when you get doctors who aren't doctors at all, or a greedy doctor who needs your mom's liver for a wealthy patient? Also, if the option is there, why would Great-Uncle Dave choose to fight his depression instead of death, even though his little nephews and nieces are just waiting for that next fishing trip? Advocates are already pushing for more than just terminally ill patients to have the ability to kill themselves. Long live... everyone, not just a cause.