Perhaps the strongest argument made on behalf of legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide is that it, like abortion, is a "choice" issue. Proponents argue that euthanasia/assisted suicide is "the ultimate civil right," and that to deprive mentally competent, terminally ill people who want to end their suffering of a peaceful "aid in dying" is to fundamentally disrespect their right to personal autonomy. Proponents also argue that legalizing euthanasia/assisted suicide is a necessary "insurance policy" that will ensure that no one dies in painful agony or unremitting suffering. Advocates contend that euthanasia/assisted suicide is little different from pain control since both use strong drugs and patients' deaths are occasionally unintentionally hastened as a side effect of the narcotics used in palliation. They also claim that doctors commonly engage in euthanasia/assisted suicide surreptitiously and promote legalization as a way to protect vulnerable patients from abuses inherent in the current "unregulated" practice. Acknowledging worries about potential abuses, advocates assure that "protective guidelines" would protect the vulnerable from wrongful death while still permitting suffering patients who are eligible for euthanasia/assisted suicide to obtain a desired, peaceful "death with dignity." Proponents also claim that opposition to euthanasia/assisted suicide is based primarily in religion and that laws prohibiting the practice are thus unconstitutional because they violate the division between church and state.
Opponents counter that legalizing euthanasia/assisted suicide would lead society down a dangerous "slippery slope" with legalized killing eventually being permitted for disabled, elderly, and depressed people, as well as for those who are not mentally competent to request to die. Protective guidelines "do not protect," opponents declare, pointing to the Dutch experience with euthanasia as "proof" of both the reality of the slippery slope and the relative meaninglessness of guidelines. Opponents also argue that the economics of modern medicine would promote euthanasia/assisted suicide as a form of health care cost containment, noting that the drugs in an assisted suicide cost only about forty dollars, while proper care for a dying patient can cost tens of thousands of dollars. They also note that forty-four million Americans do not have health insurance, and that medicine is sometimes practiced in a discriminatory manner against racial and other minorities. Thus, they argue that "the last people to receive medical treatment will be the first to receive assisted suicide." Opponents also deny that there is widespread surreptitious euthanasia practiced in clinical medicine, citing several published studies as proof, and urge that hospice care and proper medical treatment provide the morally acceptable answers to the difficulties that are sometimes associated with the process of dying.
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1 day ago
ok.... so i am a freshman and my opinion is well i dont no because i have not been in the position to decide..... i think none of you no what the HEk YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, you might have an opinion and everything but you guys act like your opinion is a fact and no one elses matters .... for the people that INSALT other people on this comment page,like saying learn how to spell or your opionion is wrong well why do you people care if they mess up or you dont agree.... this comment page is for what people think about the subject... not insalts and telling people that your wrong... i mean i got on this page for the first time to learn but no i just read peoples stupid drama crap.......... so this is for euthanasia and i dont think people should act like they all no about it, once again thinking there opinion is a fact and no one else is right... but the people that comment on this page and as been in the position and had to deal with something about euthanasia they have the right to act like they no it all because they do and who ever hasnt been in the position or hasnt delt with euthanasia dont no crap... ...... THIS MIGHT NOT MAKE any sence and it is a little confusing ... hek i was scared to comment about this but its what i think ....if you READ THIS COMMENT ME BACK ON THIS PAGE and tell me what you think and how you do not agree ....... o and i am just saying to who does this dont be rude about religous thoughts.. if you believe ok.. if you dont ok.. .... <3 god bless everyone <3......
3 days ago
i am for euthanasia because, here in america, we reserve the right of choice, and if someone wants to die, with good reason (such as pain and suffering),they should have the right to die! why keep someone alive that doesnt want to be. that is the truth crime. i would rather die than suffer for the rest of my life and burden my family with grief and suffering.
4 days ago
im in 8th grade and we have to write an essay on whether we are against or supportive of assisted suicide. Morally im against it, but it is the patients choice. But i believe that doctors, by doing this, is hypocritcal. Doctors are supposed to save and help people, not to kill them. Also, doctors have to falsify a death certificate in the process, by stating that the patient died of natural causes. The last thing that bothers me about assisted suicide, is that the family members and loved ones do not have to be consulted before this act.
14 days ago
I am Pro, and Con against this law here, but if i had to pick a side,i would have to go for the Con side because money is really tight for some families and they can't afford to keep having their children, or whoever, still living in a coma. What fun is it for them to not be seeing, hearing, and basically living. i also think that they should allow it, because who would want to watch one of their familiy members just lieing in the hospital in pain. WHO WOULD WANT THAT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY LOVE? People, if you had a deadly disease and you were told you only had a certain amount of time to live your life, would you end your l;ife peacefully, or would you just live the rest of the time you had to live in pain, knowing that with every day that passes by, you are getting closer to a more and more painfull death, for you, and the people you love to bear.
21 days ago
Prove to me that this "God" exists and i'll side with the religious views otherwise i say that he remains silent so we have our choices and if "God" really does want us to continue to suffer s/he wouldn't allow us to die, s/he'd simply give us more pain and watch us squirm, oh wait he does that to most people already so go figure and by the way LEARN TO SPELL YOU MORONS
26 days ago
Nice arugments each side is very convincing. This debate is very interesting....
about 1 month ago
Euthanasia is wrong. its murder/suicide. just because you don't feel like living anymore is no resaon for you to end your life. think of how bad that will hurt your family, friends, and everyone in your life.
about 1 month ago
i think it should be legal although i see both sides of the fight i think that one you should be aloud to take your own life. and also understand that we shouldn't be playing god and that this isn't something to be messing around with but i do think that for those people that have layed in bed for decades in comas and those who r in terrible pain and have been for years should have this option if there not able to make it family should because having some one in medical conditions like a coma is very exspensive and some people correction most people can't afford it so this should be an option for those people and familys
about 1 month ago
both for and against
about 1 month ago
For you out there fighting against Euthanasia is a dying cause. People already have wishes of DNR which means Do Not Resuscitate which IS Euthanasia. When a person is in a coma and the family can not pay the bill or just cant take it anymore they let that person die that IS Euthanasia. Just make it legal for the people who need it most. The Terminally ill, the people who cant take there life anymore but are two afraid to commit suicide. Euthanasia must be made legal
2 months ago
i agree in euthanasia..
2 months ago
I do not think that assisted suicide is the right thing to do. I use to believe that it was a good thing. But recently, I walked into my older brothers room and witnessed my brother kill himself with a handgun. He was 25. It was the worst thing i will ever witness. And until you witness suicide for yourself you have no frame of reference to make a decision on assisted suicide. I know there are alot more pros than cons but i make my stand for the cons becuase its hard enough to see someone commit suicuide, but its even harder for me to understand that someone would want to help in it.
2 months ago
Euthanasia assisted suicide is not for people who want to die but dont have the guts to do it themselves. Its for those who are suffering already and have nowhere to go but down hill. And for all the religious views out there on the matter, "God" has already chosen for you to die so why would you want to suffer. If you have already said your goodbyes to family and friends, then why should they watch you suffer until the end. Im sure thats not how they want to remember you. And... ...Oh ya, whoever Becca is, you need to brush up on your communication skills. And we are talking about the one who is suffering having the right to choose. Not family. And God is not real.
2 months ago
I would rather see a person use assisted means of dying than to see him/or her put a gun to his head and blow his brains out. This procedure is meant for terminall ill and extremely elderly patients, not for people who just "had a bad day"
3 months ago
It is not ok. If this begins to be allowed then every time things become hard for some one they will result to this.
3 months ago
if the persons life is seriously bad then they should be allowed to becuase it is painless and they dont have to suffer.
4 months ago
I DONT KNOW IF ITS Ok..
4 months ago
i think it should be the pacients choice whether they want to die or not.
4 months ago
Since when have had the right to play God. The whole "vegetable" argument, how can you been 100% sure they have no knowledge of what is going on. People have woken up from comas when doctors have said they'd wouldn't. People they would do it from a relative. Until your in that situation, don't say anything. I personally have, and i could never do that. To that knowledge that you killed someone you loved simply because they were in pain. Maybe that pain is worth it, if you get a month or so more to say goodbye to your mother, brother, dauther and so on. Its simply not our choice to make. When God is ready to let that person die, He'll will. It's just wrong to play God.
4 months ago
you are not god and nor is anyone else on this planet. god is the one who chooses who dies and who lives. if god is giving out the gift of life don't throw it aways embrace it. suicide is an unforgivable sin everyone.
5 months ago
Im doing a paper on physicians assisted suicide, and i have to say I was a little confused at first about wheather or not to be pro or con. Sometimes im still not sure. As of right now, Im leaning more for it than from it. shouldn't some one have the choice to die. i mean, what if your life had gotton so hard, you just couldn't take it anymore. Just what if???
5 months ago
I believe in euthanasia, because say your sitting in bed and can't move would you want your mom taking care of you for the rest of your life I personal would not.
5 months ago
kay, so, reading some of the stuff you people post on here. it looks like you are all emo, YEAH IT'S OKAY TO DIE. NAAAAAAT. if you want to die, then YOU go die. too bad nobody cares about YOU. but i'm sure if you say a family member suffering, you wouild be like, kay, what do i do, i'm pretty damn sure you wouldnt to lose someone close to you. FAAAACKKKK.
5 months ago
I think that suicide is a personal rigtht. And if you want to die but you need help with it by a doctor then they should be allowed to do that because the person sufferning wanted it. Its not murder!
5 months ago
I believe life is a valuable thing, but if one no longer feels value in living, they will begin to regret having ever had life. Euthanasia can help the seriously ill leave this earth with dignity and have the choice to leave remembering all of the happy memories before those memories are pushed out of mind because of how much energy dealing with the extreme pain causes.
5 months ago
for those of you that believe in not legalizing euthanasia, i think you should think twice about what you're saying. number one if you have any opinion about how its "god's" place to say whether we live or die, i hope that i never see anyone of you taking medications or lieing in the hospital for any other reason simply because hospitals save people from potentially lethal situations. isn't that also an act of god (keeping a person alive thats supposed to die)? Another valid point is that there should be strict laws enforced that doctors must abide by in order to practice euthanasia. I believe that murdering another person is wrong, but is it moral to let another suffer in excruciating pain with every second passing knowing that they could die any minute? suppose your dog has a tumor on its let and can barely walk. its okay to put your dog to sleep to put it out of its misery, but its not okay for humans to do the same? Finally, the only euthanasia that should be allowed is voluntary. no one, i repeat, no one should be euthanized with the individuals concent. no one other than the patient can choose to live or die. freedom is what this country is supposed to be based on, and we dont even have the right to take our own life with any dignity we may have left? i dont think so.
5 months ago
I believe that dyeing is part of life. If you are in pain maybe it is because of something that you did when you were younger. We all have to suffer for our mistakes...Jesus died on the cross and suffered for all of us and didn't choose to end his life. Neither should we. The time we our suffering before we die should be our time to recollect our thought forgive the people we need to forgive, confess our sins, and be with our loved ones. NO ONE should have the power to end anyones life not even their own, because it is not even theirs to begin with it is the creators, God's and he should be the only one who can take life.
5 months ago
I am doing a paper on Assisted Suicide in my English class. I am against Assisted Suicide because of this: Assisted Suicide is just a fancy term for murder, basically. If someone else helps you kill yourself, that's basically an assist, which is technically murder. That's the way I look at it. I may be wrong, but hey, that's just what I think.
5 months ago
I Do not believe in legalizing euthanasia... the world needs to quit thinking everything is all right to do as long as your happy.. God gave us a free will to accept him not just do anything we want and have nobody to answer to for it.. we have no morals left in us anymore nothing like back in history and yes God does not want us to suffer.. but ya know what?? it was us humans that brought it on ourselves it's called Adam and Eve their lives were perfect until they took of the fruit and then death and sin was passed onto all generations. Christ suffered too on the cross...so don't think he doesn't understand suffering and he did it FOR US!! when all we do is depise and reject him.. what love he has for us and of course all we do is hate. Thou shalt not kill is one of the commandments... YOu do not know why people suffer our finite minds will never comprehend everything in life but there must be a reason.. maybe to learn something from it or help someone or maybe its to soften peoples hearts to draw them to Christ. All i know is suffering is worth it if you have faith and believe in Christ b/c he says he has built a mansion where theres is no tears or suffering anymore so i think in the end it will be worth it that is if you accept him as your saviour and believe he came and died for you on the cross he bore the pain for you thats compassion!
5 months ago
I am doing a persuasive speech in my english class about euthanasia. I am not against it. If I wanted to end my life because I was dying, I would. I think euthanasia should be legalized. But I also think it should be very controlled. Only under certain circumstances should it be okay. If the person is dying and they are in tremendous pain I think they should be able to tell someone to help them die. That's just my opinion though.
5 months ago
I think that euthanasia should be legalized because people should decide if they wanna end their life that way or what not
5 months ago
i think that it needs to be legal, because ya know if you were laying there dying and you couldnt tell anyone but the people that love you could see in your eyes that you were in pain you wouldnt want them to pull the plug then your dumb
6 months ago
I have to agree with Josie, I am a Christian myself, but God gave us free will did he not?! No one that is saying that it would be illegal is suffering through cancer and looking death in the eye and having to deal with unbearable pain now are they. Who do people think they are to be telling other people whether they have the right to live or die?! I would like to know where in the constitution is says someone can not commit suicide. and as far as kool-aid's comment goes that is awesome that you would want to live your life to the fullest. But guess what is even more awesome... that you have the right to do it and that is you choice! don't try to control anyone elses but your own. No one would stop you how you wanted to live your last 6 months, so don't stop someone else from doing what they want to, and the thing is not everyone believes in the same thigs so if they are not Christian then what difference does it make that they wanted to end their life earlier then "what God intended it to be"?
6 months ago
I also think it should be legal =]
6 months ago
marie why do you believe it should be legal if you dont mind me asking?
6 months ago
I believe that Euthanasia is wrong Allah would never accept it. I declare a Jihad against all people that oppose my religious views. I cant belive anyone would believe otherwise. Marie watch out and you to daryan. This holy war has just started
6 months ago
I think it should be legal
6 months ago
assisted suicide is a persons choise isn't it? and that it is a lot less messier than at home suicides isn't it? so is u have cancer and u will suffer unbearably wouldn't u want to die with dignity?
6 months ago
sorry kool-aid. i disagree with you. euthanasia is not a cheaters way out. yes some people may be able to still get up and walk and have little pain and they can do as you say. live those days. but what about those who are stuck laying on there back in horrible constant pain? i don't know how much a person can actually do if they are unable to move and on top of that know that they will die in pain. everyone should have the right to choose if they want to die a peaceful death or not.
6 months ago
I feel very strongly on the topic of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. I believe that it SHOULD BE LEGALIZED. The right to die should be a fundamental freedom and people need to stop using religion as an arguement to everything. Stop relying on something/someone imaginary, get real arguements. The seperation of church and state was made for a reason. Why should someone in extreme, chronic pain with a low quality of life be kept alive? Why should someone who is terminally ill have to be reduced to a shell of their former self? "because God gave us life, only he can take it away." No. You are too selfish to see that these people should have the option, the RIGHT, to die on their own terms, regardless of what you have to say. If euthanasia was legalized, it does not mean that you have to take part in it, let others do as they please. If your mother or father were to tell you they wanted to be euthanized because they were in excrusiating pain, would you deny them that? Would you watch someone close to you suffer or let them go with honor?
6 months ago
ok heres the deal if the doc tells ya you have 6 months to live what would you do...assisted suicide is the cheaters way out of things if i had only 6 months to live i would LIVE those days i mean really live no matter what pain i go through having a back back where it hurts to walk, i think, is unberable but i still live my life to the fullest...no matter what pain you feel the joy of being alive outweighs that...easily
6 months ago
i am doing a debate on this subject and it is fantastic!
6 months ago
im doing a debate on euthansia and assisted suici. cooool man. no really but thats ok. :D -wilber
6 months ago
I think they should do wtf they want to
6 months ago
okay so i agree with kourtney u go girl! and for those girls who dont think this is seriouse freak yall you cant go shopping!!!
6 months ago
im strongly against euthanasia because god gave us life and no matter what comes our way there is a reason for it and for the girls who think this is just totally a laughing matter its not so stop being so immature and self centered.
6 months ago
euthanasia is very wrong but is right in some circumstances
6 months ago
I am for and against it. It shouldnt happen to some people just because they want it. They need 2 have a serouis condition and be in serouis pain for it. And for the last 3 people who made comments, if your going 2 make retarted comments on something as serouis as this there is something wrong with you and you should just get a life.
6 months ago
Also, there's so much mention of being in "constant pain". I just have one comment on that - get another doctor.
6 months ago
God has been brought up a lot - it has been said that He gives life, and takes it away in His own time, and euthanasia interferes with that. But what about life support? Wouldn't you consider postponing death to also be an "interference"? Just a thought.
6 months ago
I like ttly disagree with like this like thingy. it should like b like unlegalized. like i so wanna go shopping now.
6 months ago
hay guys i think euthanasia should be done for ppl that are in an veg state or acoma b/c you can donate organs to help someone else even tho ur loved one has died u hav to think of wat else someone is benifting from it thats wat i think.... luv bunches, haley s.
6 months ago
yoyoyoyo i think its ttly stupid that ppl do that b/c ppl shouldnt die
7 months ago
Martin Luther King said, "No one is truly free to live until one is free to die." I am for euthanasia. Life should be a matter of choice.
7 months ago
I think its wrong because its morally wrong to just kill yourself. Life will become meaning less, what did u live your life for to give up and fall over, where is the heart to live and to fight for your self. I think the American dream is to live life to the fullest, so if you know your going to dye go out and live your life see places do things you have never done before. I know people think that well they are suffering i would rather just see it end. Deal with the suffering by doing these things it will help....My last argument is that the United States will become "give upers" what i meen by this is that we are teaching the later generations its ok to give up.
7 months ago
some people have been in comas for years...then woke up,just fine...if they would have gotten a shot and been killed, they wouldn't have had a chance to live the rest of their lives. I mean, come on people!!! miracles do happen. euthanasia shouldn't be legal because then alot of miracles would not happen...and alot of people would not be alive right now...listen to your heart...would you kill someone if they asked you to???
7 months ago
Physician assisted suicide should be legal because if terminally ill patients don’t get help, they will die suffering. Most people that want a physician’s help don’t want to die suffering. They want to die calm and peacefully. The support for physician assisted suicide of terminally ill patients is rising. If this does become legal, doctors will have to be able to understand motivations for patients requesting suicide. Everyone has the right to commit suicide. I’m not saying you should, but people should not be forced to live when they don’t want to and they can’t stand the pain that they’re in. Some people are too weak to be able to commit suicide on their own. In that case, they should have the right to get help. People that are suffering should be able to end their life so that they don’t suffer any longer. Assisted suicide should only be for the terminally ill. If assisted suicide was legal, that would give more time for doctors to work on patients that can be saved. It also gives the families time to say goodbye before it happens for good. The only state in the U.S. to allow assisted suicide is Oregon. This became legal on October 27, 1997. This is now known as the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. It states that ending one’s life in accordance with the law does “not constitute suicide or assisted suicide”. There are only two other different places around the world where this is legal, the Netherlands and Belgium. Jack Kevorkian claims he has participated in at least one hundred and thirty assisted suicides. He has been nicknamed “Dr. Death” since at least the mid 1950’s. He is famous for the quote “dying is not a crime.” Assisted suicide should become legal through out the United States. If it doesn’t, people will kill themselves on their own anyway. If they want help, we should give it to them. They are free to make their own choices. They should be able to control their life. A compassionate way to end suffering is death. If suicide was brought into the open, maybe it wouldn’t happen as often.
8 months ago
i dont think that it is right but i dont see people suffering over something that can be halped.
8 months ago
I personally have very strong religious beliefs and i have personally seen a relative suffer while cancer ate away her body. im not trying to gross anyone out but noboby wants to see relatives in that state. if you say it is wrong because you wouldnt want your child to see you "suffering" then you really must do not know what Euthanasia is. Its not alright to committ suicide but its also not alright to watch someone suffer and not try to help ease their pain. im not saying im for Euthanasia but im not for but id rather know my relative is in a better place and not suffering than here and hating every minute of the rest of their life. Think about it....
8 months ago
I have walked through remnants of concentration camps and felt very sick. I saw the ruins of what happens when something goes too far. Hitlers first victim was a "mercy killing". He euthanized whom he did not feel fit to live. Even though I do believe that we have safe guards in the United States I do know that history can repeat itself. Life is valuable. It is something that is universal whether you are religious or not. We must protect life at all levels consistantly. For we can not forget the lessons of the past. Anyone who is truely a humanitarian can look at this issue as part of a big picture.
8 months ago
yes i see this both ways... yet is it not Gods choice? i mean obviously you are still here. must mean there is some reason why you are still living. God never gives you more than you can handle.
8 months ago
What about pain research? Opening our minds to search for more reliable methods for pain control? Imagine if all the energy that went into this debate was put into action. Where those who are on either side of the debate worked together to: 1) Raise funds for more beds in their local hospice homes. For instance local churches donating money to them. Or 2)Raising awareness about how the educational programs give little training or money for research into the care of the dying. In addition, very few health organizations give the opportunity for healthcare professionals to keep "continued competence" in this area by providing inservices and such. Just a thought....
8 months ago
I think it tis ok to allow enthanasia because it make people die confortable. People can die painful so if it must be die, I think allow enthanasia and give peace to themselves and family. Also it would rather see relatives go well with full honor than suffer in pain. It is their life, not doctor can choose. So they should be able to choose, what they want to. It is more better than relative see sudden death. Please give me email if you have questions.
8 months ago
Here is the deal...God gave life, and God will take life. Its that simple. When we say it is ok to assist someones suicide, we have taken from God's plan. It is not our place. Maybe someone's soul is destined for hell, maybe on-coming death is the only way for them to realize they have a choice about eternal life..and just maybe, if we help someone end their suffering here in this life they could suffer for eternity in hell. I do not want that kind of blood on my hands.
9 months ago
I believe that people should have the right to choose how they die, and when they die. When you think of the whole "God" thing, realize this, religion is based on primarily opinion, no one knows if there truly is a "God" or not, and with all the other religions out there, who knows which is real? I myself am a Methodist, and attend church every week, STILL if someone is in an extreme ammount of pain, let them get the peace of mind they desire for, and perhaps it will be the right choice. Many people are smart enough to make their own decisions, so let them. If a being in unsound of mind, do not grant them the use of euthania without consent of a sane mind, perhaps of that of a group of doctors.
9 months ago
well, I agree on euthanasia/assisted suicide. Isn't it the patients choice to live or die?
9 months ago
I dont believe in suicide period. So you want to show every one that looks up to you that its ok to give up? personally i would not want my son to see me suffering or killing my self .i would let the lord take it from me heal me. thats showing people its ok to kill them self when you get sick with cancer or any disease. i personally dont believe in this but that doesnt mean that im right just my opinion would never judge any one who agrees with assisted suicide.
10 months ago
I think that euthanasia is neither wrong or right. I think that if a person is in so much pain that they cant take any more of the suffering that it should be their choice to choose what they want done. But on the other hand something could happen to where a miracle happened and then they didnt have to suffer any longer.Also if the patient could'nt talk or move, but they still wanted to keep on living, they could'nt tell the doctors no. So for me i think that euthanasia is neither wrong or right.
10 months ago
I am 14 years old and doing a project on Mercy Killing, or Euthanisa. i think that it should be allowed in the united states can someone help me with reasons why? Aim: xxotiamooox facebook: Josie Hartnett; message :P
10 months ago
a person in pain who can't communicate with you doesn't mean that person wants to die.
10 months ago
First of all, doctors don't euthanize patients without the patient's or the patient's family's consent. Second of all, it's not cruel to let them die if they're in pain, although it IS cruel if you make them live through that pain and let them die naturally, SLOWLY, and PAINFULLY. Put yourself in Terri Schiavo's shoes. Would YOU have wanted your only hope of life to be a feeding tube? LT, you SICKEN me.
10 months ago
Personal i belive that if a person is suffering and are beoned the point of recovey to which they would have a normal life i beleive that they should be allowed this choice. from my personal expereanse i have seen one of my grandfaters die and pain and if this had been a legal opption i would have wanted it but inly if my grandfather had to.
10 months ago
First of All everyone should know that euthanasia is wrong. You should not take the life of a human without their permission(PERIOD). If they want to live in a harsh way let them do that, but dont take someones life away. God has the final say in what he wants to happen to that person. In a lot of situations today doctrs are always trying to be politically correct instead of listening to the person that they are doing this to. Euthanasia should be outlawed in all citys, states and the whole country. How would you like it to have your live by the hands of a cord and a doctor who thinks it best to put you to sleep.
10 months ago
it is wrong to do euthanasia people.
10 months ago
Listen people, first of all learn how to spell. Second, if you were in great pain and would be for life, wouldnt you want to be relieved of that pain. People should have the choice. People should have the abilty to be relived. And for thoese God people maybe God is using the doctors to take their life(sorry for the crude wording) maybe it is their time and the sin is to keep them here!!!
10 months ago
if ur against assisted suicide ur a MEAN & MERCILESS HEARTLESS PERSON CUZ U WONT LST PPL END THEIR SUFFERING!
10 months ago
You disust m3, do not do 3uthansia its violnt and m3an
10 months ago
i think euthanasia should b legal 100% of the time...ok, 95%...ok, 50! my point is, euthanasia should b legal cuz its very merciful &, 2 quote pheonixes r awsome, which should b 'phoenixes r awesome', euthanasia is lyk mercy in a shot
10 months ago
enough with god..we cant prove there is a god but we can prove that these people are in pain and are going to die inevitably. it could be a new family gathering,, we all watched you come into the world, now we'll watch you leave.. people need to lighten up about death. yeah it's sad but get over it
10 months ago
If you are sick and theres nothing you can do then what can ya do? Look at it this way, 1) You can live your whole life on life support or 2) You can help them end their suffering by euthanizing them. So overall my answer is that Euthanasia should be legal. :)
10 months ago
<a href="http://law.jrank.org/pages/1096/Euthanasia-Assisted-Suicide-Pros-Cons.html">If you are sufering you should be able to die, just like your animals if they are sufering they get a needle so that they dont sufer anymore so human beings should be the same. noone should have to sufer. And the "bla" person its not that if you die people are not going to care, they obviously will but its better then sufering.</a>
10 months ago
1:u ppl need 2 learn 2 spell 2:suicide iz kk 3:if u can legally take it then its cruel not2 4:um...^_^
10 months ago
euthanasia iz ok really it iz cuz its lyk mercy in a shot how cool iz zat?
10 months ago
well honestly, my opinion Even though i am Christian, an Open christian I think if you know for certain that you are going to die, and you want to end your suffering then you have the righ to do it.:// it's not always the best way to go, but who wants to spend the rest of their days in the hospital bed? suffereing constantly? I don't
10 months ago
Look people, Lofe is like blancing on the barrel of a gun, no matter how long you can stand there, the gun will eventually shoot. So what. Life ends every minute or so someone dies. Harden Up n get ova it. If they kill themselfs (Though I don't condone it), ER HELLO THEIR CHOICE!!!!
10 months ago
screw god being the only 1 that can take lives! if u wanna die then DIE! no1's gonna stop u! not if they really care!
10 months ago
i personally think that u hav a rite 2 die if u really want 2, evn if that means suicide. but hey, dont listen 2 me. im only emo. ps:LEARN 2 SPELL U IDIOTS!!!!!
10 months ago
these people cant spell. go to school and learn that people dying is a fact of nature. god has no involvemnt in death. he just opens up a big gate.doctor assisted suicide should be allowed if it is requested by the family or person. the end
11 months ago
OMG cmon ther is no reason y assissted suicide shouldnt be legal. People have the right to make ther own choices. If you are terminnaly ill you should get to choose. My uncle was paraliyzed through his whole body and they wouldnt let him commit suicide so he live in a bed in a hostpital doing nothing for 3 more years till he finnaly died. And comon, dont give me this GOD stuff.
11 months ago
Why are people trying to take the place of God? Maybe its not that time for that person to die, you never know this could be a test of faith for that person. I believe that God is not going to let you live no longer on this earth than yoy want to live. When its your time to leave this planet called earth, you are going to leave whether you like it or not. The doctor's are not God Almighty, they should not have the right to take anybody's life. If they were sick, they wouldn't want the doctor to take their life. The doctor's that take anybody's life, they will be held accountable for taking that person's life when they stand before God on JUDGEMENT DAY!!!!!!!! SO DOCTOR'S BE PREPARED!!!! PRAY THAT GOD SHOW MERCY ON JUDGEMENT BECAUSE YOU DIDNT SHOW MERCY ON THAT PATIENT'S LIFE!!!!!!!! THE BIBLE SAYS THOU SHALT NOT KILL!!!!!!!! YOU SHALL REAP WHAT YOU SOW!!!!!!!!
11 months ago
As a nurse I have come to realize that there are many fates worse then death. Pain and suffering not only hurts the patient but their families also. Assisted suicide would be a welcome relief to many, patient and family alike. No one wants to watch a loved ones life slowly sapped away. Assisted suicide should be legal. It's done by doctors all the time they just don't call it that.
11 months ago
i believe that if someone wants to relieve themselves of great pain, the pain is known and proven due to medical findings, then he should be aloud assisted suicide.
11 months ago
no one is "determined" to have a terminal illness. you should re read shit before you post
11 months ago
Two words: Personal Choice. Let people die the way they want, geesh.
11 months ago
i beleive assisted suicide should be allowed cause what if they are sick of bering sick
11 months ago
i beleive they should kill there selves
11 months ago
I believe that there is nothing wrong with assisted suicide if the patient has given up all hope and plans to end thier life one way or another. physican assisted suicide is a quick painless and sanitary way of ending a life. I for one would rather see one of my loved ones die by the hand of a doctor than jump off a bridge. If you are sick and you plan to die you can allert those around you so that you and your loved ones have closure, as opposed to a sudden unexpected violent death.
12 months ago
I believe that people who are determined to have a terminal illness should have the choice to end their suffering. As long as they have had the terminal illness for more than 6 months, and are competent. If someone really wants to end their life, they are going to do it no matter what laws say. I would change the law to where the doctor administers the drug instead of the patient. That way the patient cannot be judged by "god" for ending their own life. Technically the doctor ended it. Oh, and off the topic...people really need to learn how to spell. Americans need to not be so damned stupid.
about 1 year ago
i think that assisted suicide is totally ohkay. if your extremely loved one is a vegetable and is termaly ill, whyy would you want to live? so i think the person married to them, or there parents should be ablke to make the choice of putting them outta their pain. and i dont think the doctors should get to chose!
about 1 year ago
you never know if that person will wake up.dont you want them to have as much of a chance as they can??MURDER IS MURDER.&& only God has the right to take a life. THE END.
about 1 year ago
Maybe of the words assisted suicide and mercy killing were not the terms used, maybe euthanasia could be looked at differently. If is the patients choice how about when they are diagonised and the outcome is certain each patient should immediately do a living will and the will should be able to stand in any court without dispute from emotional realtives.
about 1 year ago
i think that assistand suicide is not rong if peaple are in pain they derserve to be able to make the choice to die and i think how every 1 is saying that it is gods choice the thing is god does not exist and basing your belives on a lie is even more rong
about 1 year ago
i think that it should be legal to assist a person commit suicide, i mean firstly, if they are the one who chooses to have it done, they should be allowed that right, just like how anyone that does not have a disabilityh can end there lives as they should be allowed to as well. also, the person is sufferering enough to want death... i cant even imagine pain that great, so they should be allowed to pass with dignity and leave there family in the faith that they are out of that pain.
about 1 year ago
Why would you want to help and kill someone think about it.I certainly understands the person who is under distressful pain but let them go to god the natural way of dying not by assisted suicide.
about 1 year ago
taylor... if you are saying that death should be left in god's hands then shouldn't life be left in his hands to?! Its okay for a doctor to save you.. but if you are a vegetable for the rest of your life and that's not how you would want to live than why shouldn't it be legal to do.... its not your life.. ya know? Why should it bother you?
about 1 year ago
people should die they way they are ment to by gods choice. doctors have no right to decide for someone sick let alone the sick person not being allowed to think for themselves. when your sick you dont think positively so theyre gunna think"kill me now" its degrading and wrong why would you want to live knowing you helped somone kill themselves. mircales can happen.
about 1 year ago
IF it is ok to kill someone upon request that it should be ok to kill your friend in science class when she moans once again" another movie, o kill me now."
about 1 year ago
I think people should be allowed assited suicide. Its their life and they should be able to chose what it is they want to do with it. People who suffer dont want to suffer any longer so they put an end to their lives.
about 1 year ago
i dont believe in assisted suicide is degrading and wrong-
about 1 year ago
I dont believe in assisted suicide because it's disobediant to God. God said that he wouldn't put more pain on us than we can bare. This goes for all his followers. If people are suffering It's becuse they don't follow God. My brother just got shot and livede for about 2 hours before going to the hospital. he didnt feel any pain.
about 1 year ago
Can patients who use assisted suicide still donate organs?
about 1 year ago
I think that mercy killing should be legal because i would rather see a relative go quietly with honor then suffer in pain and leave that in my families minds for life.