Euthanasia Should be Legalized

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The ethical and moral debate on Euthanasia has been going on for years. The ultimate question: Should Euthanasia be legalized or not? In my opinion, the practice of Euthanasia can be great and should be legalized. I believe that what Dr. Kevorkian and his practice was doing was the right thing.
Before moving forward, it is very important, appropriate, and necessary to say that religion should never play a part in the argument of Euthanasia especially dealing with it from a legal point of view. Not to bash on any one’s religion but there are so many different religions in this world, who is to say theirs is the right one. Not everyone is religious so why should we follow their “practices” especially when it comes to this very delicate topic about people choosing to end their life. Of course, for an individual to follow their own religion in a personal situation or personal opinion on Euthanasia is absolutely more than acceptable but when it is comes to handling it with the whole society, religion simply cannot play a bigger role than a personal opinion.
Since Euthanasia comes in several different forms, I am choosing to discuss about assisted suicide because this form of Euthanasia is the most relevant one to Dr. Kevorkian’s practices and was used for the majority of his cases. Assisted suicide is the suicide of a patient suffering from an incurable disease, effected by the taking of a lethal drugs provided by a doctor for this purpose. If a terminal- ill patient is suffering throughout their remaining time spent on Earth, shouldn’t they have the freedom to have an option that allows them to end their life in a peaceful way that is over watched by a professional medical personnel such as a doctor or a nurse? However, let’s tak...

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...dled his patient’s cases very morally and ethically right.
Euthanasia is a delicate debate over moral, ethical, legal issues that has been going on for years. I honestly think, Euthanasia can be a good practice and should be legal. In my opinion, Dr. Kevorkian and his practice was performing a great service to those who were terminally ill and suffering greatly.

Works Cited

Trent, M. A., & Singer, p. (2005). Changing Ethics In Life and Death Decision Making. Ethics in the 21st Century (). New York: Pearson Longman

Section Four: Physician-Assisted Suicide And Capital Punishment: What Role Should Physicians Play?. (n.d.). PCRM.org. Retrieved May 11, 2014, from http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=2595

ProCon.org. (2014, April 17). State-by-State Guide to Physician-Assisted Suicide. Retrieved from http://euthanasia.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000132

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