Persuasive Speech: Euthanasia
Persuasive Speech: Euthanasia
Everyone, at least know one person that drinks. There is nothing wrong with having a beer or two every now and then.
It gets dangerous when people mix it with other substances. And that’s exactly what Karen Quinlan did when she was only 17 years old. She mixed alcohol and valium. This bad combination put her in a persistent vegetative state. After fighting the New Jersey’s Supreme Court for over ten years, her parents were finally able to remove all artificial forms of life and allow her to die with dignity at the age of 31 years old.
Karen Quinlan is the symbol of the right to die.
A coma or a terminal illness can come anytime. And this is going to affect us even though we feel that at this age it cannot. You must be ready to deal with these instances and know exactly where you stand when it comes to life and death.
Today I’d like to discuss the difference between being alive and living. Explain more about the right to choose. And expose the necessity of having a living will.
In 1983, Paul suffered a brain aneurism. His brain dissipated in swelled, forcing him to a persistent coma. For 3 and a half year he remained in this state. At the beginning, friends and family members came to visit but after a few years, people stopped asking about him, people stopped to visit him so his wife, Patricia, knew that something had to be done. The doctors refused to remove his feeding tubes. Therefore she created a petition to end his life. But the pro life supporters argued that she was abusive and cruel, inhumane and no better than Nazi murderers.
So, in that case, my question to those people and to everyone here today is what is our definition of life? Wouldn’t you agree that life is being able to have a mind? Being able to make decisions? Being able to be an active member of our society? To me, living implies being able to play different roles.
On the other hand, being alive is just a beating heart and functioning organs. It’s
Everyone, at least know one person that drinks. There is nothing wrong with having a beer or two every now and then.
It gets dangerous when people mix it with other substances. And that’s exactly what Karen Quinlan did when she was only 17 years old. She mixed alcohol and valium. This bad combination put her in a persistent vegetative state. After fighting the New Jersey’s Supreme Court for over ten years, her parents were finally able to remove all artificial forms of life and allow her to die with dignity at the age of 31 years old.
Karen Quinlan is the symbol of the right to die.
A coma or a terminal illness can come anytime. And this is going to affect us even though we feel that at this age it cannot. You must be ready to deal with these instances and know exactly where you stand when it comes to life and death.
Today I’d like to discuss the difference between being alive and living. Explain more about the right to choose. And expose the necessity of having a living will.
In 1983, Paul suffered a brain aneurism. His brain dissipated in swelled, forcing him to a persistent coma. For 3 and a half year he remained in this state. At the beginning, friends and family members came to visit but after a few years, people stopped asking about him, people stopped to visit him so his wife, Patricia, knew that something had to be done. The doctors refused to remove his feeding tubes. Therefore she created a petition to end his life. But the pro life supporters argued that she was abusive and cruel, inhumane and no better than Nazi murderers.
So, in that case, my question to those people and to everyone here today is what is our definition of life? Wouldn’t you agree that life is being able to have a mind? Being able to make decisions? Being able to be an active member of our society? To me, living implies being able to play different roles.
On the other hand, being alive is just a beating heart and functioning organs. It’s
Bibliography: http://euthanasia.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000126