Euthanasia

Euthanasia Euthanasia is defined as “the act of killing an individual for reasons being considered merciful.” It is a planned self-deliverance from a painful and hopeless disease. Today’s society has many different names for it such as: suicide, self-deliverance, auto-euthanasia, aid-in-dying, assisted suicide, death with dignity, and playing God. I believe that no one or any one else has the right to decide when it is time for a person to give up on life. The first and most common reason for why someone might end their life is that an advanced terminal illness is causing unbearable suffering. Another reason is a severe physical handicap causing them to be completely dependent on those who care for them. This is rare though. I believe that life is precious and is worth fighting for. I am glad that assent-suicide is a crime in most places, including here. The word euthanasia comes for a Greek word meaning literally “good death.” “Disconnecting respiratory devices is not a acceptable method of euthanasia. It causes the patient to starve for oxygen and gasp for it, but when he/she cannot breathe, the body is starved for oxygen and suffocates. This is not merciful by any means, (Euthanasia).” There euthanasia, life, terminal, person, time, suffering, one, good, god, death, believe, being, years, word, treatments, think, someone, reduce, reason, prognosis, point, pessimistic, oxygen, over, medical, live, hope, end, decide, causing, care, been, anyone, another, am