Voluntary Euthanasia Should Be Legalised
Voluntary Euthanasia Should Be Legalized
Euthanasia is a very controversial topic in the world today. Euthanasia, by definition, is the act of killing someone painlessly, especially someone suffering from an incurable illness. Many people find euthanasia morally wrong, but others find people have control over their own bodies and have the right to die. A solution to this problem is to have the patient consent to it and have legal documentation of the consent. Euthanasia and ‘assisted suicide’ is to help someone who no longer wants to live, pass on, because many people who look at this option have chronic conditions, live in everyday pain and endure constant mental and emotional suffering.
Currently euthanasia is not allowed by law to be practised on people, my opinion on this is that it should be legalised because the patients get to die with dignity and a lot less pain. Patients with such diseases as cancer should be allowed to choose their time of death. This is because cancer accounts for more than a quarter of all deaths in Australia, there is major pain associated with cancer sufferers and it is a severe and intractable form of chronic pain. Though my opinion is to legalise euthanasia I believe it should only be in dire circumstances, meaning incurable, painful diseases, with no chance of survival.
In Australia the public opinion supports euthanasia being legalised. It is around three quarters of the population in favour of doctors giving or practising euthanasia if requested by a terminally ill patient who is experiencing unrelievable suffering. This is based on the responses to the Morgan Poll question: “If a hopelessly ill patient, experiencing unrelievable suffering with absolutely no chance of recovery, asks for a lethal dose, so as not to wake again, should the doctor be able to give the lethal dose?” In 1962 only 47% said yes. In 1993 78% and in 1994 and 1995 74% answered with yes. Now only 18% say no and another 8% are undecided. From this poll
Euthanasia is a very controversial topic in the world today. Euthanasia, by definition, is the act of killing someone painlessly, especially someone suffering from an incurable illness. Many people find euthanasia morally wrong, but others find people have control over their own bodies and have the right to die. A solution to this problem is to have the patient consent to it and have legal documentation of the consent. Euthanasia and ‘assisted suicide’ is to help someone who no longer wants to live, pass on, because many people who look at this option have chronic conditions, live in everyday pain and endure constant mental and emotional suffering.
Currently euthanasia is not allowed by law to be practised on people, my opinion on this is that it should be legalised because the patients get to die with dignity and a lot less pain. Patients with such diseases as cancer should be allowed to choose their time of death. This is because cancer accounts for more than a quarter of all deaths in Australia, there is major pain associated with cancer sufferers and it is a severe and intractable form of chronic pain. Though my opinion is to legalise euthanasia I believe it should only be in dire circumstances, meaning incurable, painful diseases, with no chance of survival.
In Australia the public opinion supports euthanasia being legalised. It is around three quarters of the population in favour of doctors giving or practising euthanasia if requested by a terminally ill patient who is experiencing unrelievable suffering. This is based on the responses to the Morgan Poll question: “If a hopelessly ill patient, experiencing unrelievable suffering with absolutely no chance of recovery, asks for a lethal dose, so as not to wake again, should the doctor be able to give the lethal dose?” In 1962 only 47% said yes. In 1993 78% and in 1994 and 1995 74% answered with yes. Now only 18% say no and another 8% are undecided. From this poll