Pros And Cons Of Legalizing Euthanasia

Euthanasia is very controversial and in most countries illegal. Even though it is illegal there are a lot of people who think that it should be legalized. Euthanasia is when a medical professional administers medicine that will end the patient`s life. People would make the option to have this done if they were suffering or if they had someone in their life who come make the decision for them when they could not , then that person would. This would put them out of their misery and they would pass away shortly after.
If you have ever had to put an animal down it would be similar to that. Euthanasia is a huge ethical issue that people often debate and could be legal in the future. There are many religions that believe that this is a horrible thing to be legalized. There are even studies shown that different races and genders feel a certain way about euthanasia. There has also been cases where family member have gone to jail for assisting in ending someone’s life who is suffering from a serious illness or disease. When most people did this because there was not another option like euthanasia for them to help the suffering family …show more content…
The first reason the article states is that people have the right to die. Most people who disagree with euthanasia say that “people have the right to live”, this article goes on the right to die when someone wants to. The article states that “we give such a significant weight on the right to live so we should also give equal weight on the right to die”. The second reason the article gives is that people have the explicit right to choose. The article also starts that “we have the right to choose to die with dignity is defined by social majority, and individual, possessing all the rights of a human being, may perceive a dignified death to be preferable to constant suffering”. Also it says, that “if someone decided on euthanasia this choice should be