Pro Euthanasia Research Paper

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is one of the most controversial topics in the world right now. Euthanasia is when you have a terminal illness and you want to end your life due to suffering (some people use to referred to as mercy killing ). There are two different sides that can be taken, on one side people are against it because it goes against people’s religion and cultural beliefs, and on the other side people think that they should be able to make their own decisions because we live in a free country and we deserve that right. People should have their own beliefs,that is their right as a U.S. citizen, but when people do this it is not to go against people’s beliefs, it is to try to end their suffering. All that goes to say this,if people have

For example, “Evelyn was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997. She spent the next four years dying”(Snyder). Because Euthanasia is illegal she has to suffer through all the pain and misery for four entire years. According to studies and people’s many, many stories, "Even with state-of-the-art palliative care many terminally ill patients will experience substantial physical and existential suffering" (Snyder). This evidence shows that no matter what you do to try to help, the patient is always going to feel some amount of pain. Sometimes the pain is so bad that people want to die. For example,“The author's father's battle with terminal cancer and related ailments caused him such severe suffering that he wanted to accelerate his own death.” (Snyder). This is just solid proof that some people feel so much pain that want to put themselves out of their own misery, and they should have the right to make that decision. This is a good reason why Euthanasia should be

America is a free country and people should have the right to make their own life choices and feel confident about doing so. “ Even though the CID took no position on physician-assisted suicide, it "advocated for the rights of dying patients.”(Humphry) This shows that people like the fact when they can make their own decisions, and this quote helps show that when they make a decision this big there should be restrictions. The patient should know about them,how it will affect them, and the consequences, and by saying all that, it goes to say that they should have the right to make a decision like so. “But we do say that there is a second form of suicide—justifiable suicide, that is, rational and planned self-deliverance from a painful and hopeless disease which will shortly end in death.”(Humphry). Self deliverance, their own decision, and that is how it should be. In a time where they feel helpless they should be able to make that last decision. These two quotes help to prove that people should have their own decision and that they should have that