Euthanasia is the act of deliberately by ending a person’s life to relieve suffering. A person who undergoes euthanasia usually has an incurable condition. But there are other instances where some people want their life to be ended. There are different types of Euthanasia for example active euthanasia, when a doctor, or another person, deliberately do something that causes the patient to die. For example, a doctor who gives a patient who has terminal cancer an overdose of muscle relaxants to end their life would be considered to have carried out euthanasia. Passive euthanasia is where a person cause’s death by withholding or withdrawing treatment that is necessary to maintain life, such as withholding antibiotics in someone’s with pneumonia. Voluntary euthanasia when there is a situation as a person has made a conscious decision to die and asks for help to do this. For instance asking for a medical treatment to be stopped or life support machines to be switched off so they simply deciding to die. Involuntary euthanasia is where a person is killed against their expressed wishes. Involuntary euthanasia is seen as murder due to a person killing another person without any authorisation. In Britain Euthanasia is Illegal under the British laws. It is said to be as ‘man slaughter or murder, both euthanasia and assisted suicide are not restricted to be taken place in any circumstances. This is punishable by law with a maximum penalty of up to life imprisonment. Assisted suicide is illegal under the terms of the suicide Act (1961) and is punishable up to 14 years imprisonment. Attempting to commit suicide is not a criminal act in itself.
Some people would AGREE with the statement because if a person is in an incurable situation and they are suffering with pain they should be allowed to take euthanasia. ‘For sure is the death of all that comes to birth, sure is the birth of all that dies. So in matter that no one can