Euthanasia Pros And Cons

The abstract will give you the overview of euthanasia. What is euthanasia? The papers will explain the key words. The paper will go in full detail what is euthanasia. The ethical issue would be discussed in the paper. Euthanasia is a major issue when come down to is it right to help someone who is terminally ill and never will get better to assist them in suicide. Euthanasia have been in the court system because it deal with the person right. I feel not allowing euthanasia to terminal ill people might violate their rights.
The ethical issue with euthanasia is it right or wrong to help a terminal ill person to end their life. This euthanasia topic is an ethical dilemma. The question is do that person have the right to end their life if they
are suffering from a terminal illness that will never be cured.
The key words in the paper would be the meaning of euthanasia. Another key word will be ethic of care. This paper will also touch on religion is it right or wrong to kill yourself or commit suicide for medical reasons .Others keywords are normative ethics , moral subjectivism, egoism, enlightened egoism, deontological ethical system and teleological ethical system.

Euthanasia is a major dilemma in dealing with ethics. Is it right or wrong for a person to take their life away, even a medical situation? Some people might feel it wrong to take your own life, no matter what the circumstances are. On the other hand, some people might feel it, that person right and no one should violate that person rights. If a person right are violate we are breaking the constitution and that person rights. Euthanasia is a big issue in the court system and physician – assisted suicide has a statue in the state of Georgia.
The state of Georgia, “becomes fourth state to legalize physician –assisted suicide” (Rivas, 2011). Before Georgia became the fourth state to legalize physician- assisted suicide, there were three other states that have allowed it and they are Washington, Oregon and Montana. The state attorney general in Georgia has stated that if anyone publicly advertises, offers, or help out that person with assist in suicide will be breaking the law.
In the state of Georgia, the law prohibits assisted suicide when it publicly advertised. On the other hand it’s not against the law if the, “doctor does not make any public statement about his liability to participate in physician – assisted suicide” (Rivas, 2011). In the state of Georgia if a doctor writes a prescription for a lethal dose of drugs to help the patients to decide die is not violating the law. The Georgia statute makes the decision of the patient rights for their physician to help them assist with their death, as long as it’s confidential.
The statute, section of 16-5-5(b) of the Georgia code was made carefully and intentionally drafted to protect the patient privacy and their decision to end their life. The Georgia legislature in the year of 1994, came up with letting the citizens to make private decisions about their own health. The legislation gave citizens’ right instead of leaving it on the family member or the doctor make life choice recommendations. The patient has a choice on their own life and not the family member or the doctor. Euthanasia have been legalized for people who made have been wrongly diagnosed and have terminal illness have the option to end their life, instead of suffering with their terminal illness.
Tony Bland has PVS which are persistent vegetative state, with this condition he had some autonomic functions remain. Persistent vegetative state has invented a way for the doctor will not be able to withdraw food and water to a patient that was comatose and they could live up to fifteen years and more. In New Zealand resource for life related issues states in their paper that, “one thing that is not commonly known is that over half of people diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state usually recover” (the life resources charitable trust). The question would it be euthanasia if the doctor has withdrawn Tony treatment and then Tony died of natural causes? The paper state it would not be euthanasia because if the patient to benefit from the treatment and it withdraws it will not have no effect on the person’s condition.
It sadly to say that Tony Bland case has been an eye opener to euthanasia supporter because the court allowed Tony Bland to go without food and fluids I order to end his life. It has been recognized ,it a painful death to die by starvation and dehydration, according to a New Zealand resource for life related issues. Tony Bland case has shown favor of euthanasia, may a valid point that if those who, “in pvs have been allowed to die and should be to die” (the life source charitable trust). People against euthanasia feel that Tony Bland was not allowed to die because he was not dying, he died because the doctor and the court decide to let him die by taking his food and fluid away from him. Advocate against euthanasia has argued that if a person cannot speak how they personally ask to die.
One court case about Euthanasia will be the Tony Bland case. Tony Bland was twenty- three years old when he died. Tony Bland has been laid a persistent vegetative state for a long three years due to going to court because he was not dying from his illness. Only how Tony Bland will had died if his food and fluids was taken away, and it will because of illness or nature ,cause his death will been from starvation and dehydration at that time because his illness was killing him. His doctor was keeping him alive by treating septicemia. The court allowed Tony Bland degradation and indignity to come to a merciful close. The judge that was over the case has stated, “ if he had made a living will expressing his future wishes he could have been allowed to die in peace earlier”(case history).
The Pros and Cons of Euthanasia.
Does the person has a right to die? The pro side feel that the person has the right to exercise their rights. The pro of euthanasia or physician –assisted suicide feel that the person have ,”the right of a competent , terminally ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embrace a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty” (top 10 pros and cons). The story in the top 10 pros and cons, states in their report that, “terminally ill person has a protected liberty interest in choosing to end intolerable suffering by bringing about his or her own death” (top 10 pros and cons).Does a patient should suffer at the end of life? The pro stated at, “Hemlock Society we get calls daily from desperate people who are looking for someone like Jack Kevorkian to end their life” (). The person might want to end their life because they are suffering and they feel it no quality of life for them. The con states that the Activist claim that laws are against Euthanasia but assisted suicide are government mandated suffering , and they allow this as long it not publicize. The pro of a living will it state what a person wants. Living will cannot be refused and if the patient does not want to prolong their life or care, then that person have a write because it’s written and it is a legal document. The con of the living will is , “ not only are we awash in evidence that the perquisites for a successful living will policy are unachievable, but there is direct evidence that living wills regularly fails to have their intended
effect”()