Persuasive Essay On Euthanasia Pros And Cons

Most people want to live long and healthy live and hope that when the time comes, that it will be painless, and of old age. The realities of this wishful thinking is that death comes in many ways and in many cases it comes with miserable conditions that linger on and on.
There are many moral controversies about the subject of Euthanasia, and stakeholders involve in this controversies will include: doctors, politicians, the public, religious organizations that dismiss or support the issue, the families of patients in hospice care, and the potential patients considering Euthanasia as a way out. Another Stakeholder, with a clear opposition is DREDF, a policy center with the sole goal to advance the laws that protect civil disability rights.
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Passive euthanasia is legal in all states, where the medical profession itself establishes guidelines for what types of treatment can be withheld from dying patients. As of now, though, no state permits active euthanasia, and only three state permits assisted suicide, namely, Oregon, Montana and Washington. Oregon was the first, and because of its uniqueness, other states look to it as a test case for what the effects of such a policy might be elsewhere. Enacted in 1994, the specific guidelines of Oregon’s “Death With Dignity Act” are rather strict, and include the following conditions: the person must be suffering from a terminal disease (with less than six months to live) and voluntarily express orally in writing his or her wish to die; the person’s decision must be an informed one regarding his or her prognosis and the alternatives to assisted death; after the patient’s initial request he or she must wait 15 days before receiving a prescription for the death-causing medication, and at that time the physician will offer the patient an opportunity to rescind the request. Oregon keeps detailed records of the patients who avail themselves of the “Death with Dignity