Euthanaisa__A_Logical_Choice_

Euthanaisa: A Logical Choice' “National opinion polls show average support of Euthanasia at 70 percent in the USA, 74 percent in Canada and 80 percent in Britain" (Humphry 1). The clear-cut majority of these democratic populations are in favor of legalizing euthanasia. So why in Canada and most of the United States does euthanasia remain unlawful' If we live in the freest of free nations in the world, then why can one not exercise his or her freedom by taking his/her own life - especially if he or she is in an great amount of pain' If it has been established that the person is going to die, and that the death will be humiliating, painful, and protracted, not to mention time consuming and expensive, then he or she should be allowed to die. This is not an ethical or religious matter, but a question of freedom. Active and passive euthanasia are the two main categories of euthanasia. Active euthanasia is typically the more passionately debated of the two acts of euthanasia and is better known because of the actions of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has aided in many successful suicides. Passive euthanasia, on the other hand, is rarely debated and usually never euthanasia, god, die, person, disease, passive, death, because, treatment, own, case, religious, rather, percent, one, freedom, everything, dying, debated, about, typically, two, tves, tied, terminally, suffering, simply, rights, proponents, playing, patient, live, letting, knowledge, infected