Should Euthanasia Be Legalized in the United States?
Pro:
To start out I am not a good debater but I just had this idea and want to see both sides of the argument.
Euthanasia should be legalized in the United States. Euthanasia would help the US and its citizens in many ways.
As defined by Merriam-Webster
Euthanasia- the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy:
1. People who live in great pain and suffering would have a way to get out of their pain and misery and die with dignity. Instead of becoming vegetables in their old age and wearing adult diapers or suffering throught a terrible disease they could have a way out.
2. I don't remember where I got this fact but I believe about 60% of medicare is spent in the last 2 weeks of a patients life. With Euthanasia hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars could be saved and spent on things such as education or simply reducing the multi trillion dollar deficit.
Euthanasia could be set up rather easily. There could be government run centers where people of sane mind could come and provide in writing and in video something showing they wanted to die.
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Con:
First I would like to say that I'm kinda playing devil's advocate here. I actually don't fully know my view on Euthanasia yet, so hopefully this will help me figure it out.
=Rebuttal=
"People who live in great pain and suffering would have a way to get out of their pain and misery and die with dignity"- While this would seem to be a good thing, (and it would be) however it is not-feasible. I will elaborate more in my case and my Cross Examination.
"I believe about 60% of medicare is spent in the last 2 weeks of a patients life."-try to find a source for this, it has the potential to become an extremely compelling argument, however with no evidence it is invalid.
=Cross Examination=
1. You state that people of sane mind would choose this, how can you deduce who is sane
To start out I am not a good debater but I just had this idea and want to see both sides of the argument.
Euthanasia should be legalized in the United States. Euthanasia would help the US and its citizens in many ways.
As defined by Merriam-Webster
Euthanasia- the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy:
1. People who live in great pain and suffering would have a way to get out of their pain and misery and die with dignity. Instead of becoming vegetables in their old age and wearing adult diapers or suffering throught a terrible disease they could have a way out.
2. I don't remember where I got this fact but I believe about 60% of medicare is spent in the last 2 weeks of a patients life. With Euthanasia hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars could be saved and spent on things such as education or simply reducing the multi trillion dollar deficit.
Euthanasia could be set up rather easily. There could be government run centers where people of sane mind could come and provide in writing and in video something showing they wanted to die.
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Con:
First I would like to say that I'm kinda playing devil's advocate here. I actually don't fully know my view on Euthanasia yet, so hopefully this will help me figure it out.
=Rebuttal=
"People who live in great pain and suffering would have a way to get out of their pain and misery and die with dignity"- While this would seem to be a good thing, (and it would be) however it is not-feasible. I will elaborate more in my case and my Cross Examination.
"I believe about 60% of medicare is spent in the last 2 weeks of a patients life."-try to find a source for this, it has the potential to become an extremely compelling argument, however with no evidence it is invalid.
=Cross Examination=
1. You state that people of sane mind would choose this, how can you deduce who is sane