Right To Die Essay
The Right to Die
Death is the unavoidable end everyone has to face eventually. It is argued about if we should be able to choose when this fateful event will occur. This has been a discussion for years and continues today especially in light of longer life spans. When it comes down to it one has to choose a side on the debate of euthanasia. The right to choose to die should be illegal because, it destroys the chance of recovery, people could be unwillingly pressured to do it and sometimes patients might request to die just because they're unhappy.
Patients who are terminally ill could end their lives too soon, which would get rid of the possibility of recovery. One fear people express is that advocates don't, ¨Take into account the possibility …show more content…
A real life example of this is when, ¨Belgian doctors granted a 24-year-old woman her request for assisted suicide for no reason other than her unhappiness. Because of this Belgian law numerous other people have made the decision to die rather than seek treatment for depression. One statistic from Belgium shows that, from 2012 to 2013 alone, euthanasia increased by nearly 27 percent(Bruenig 14). This is not likely to be just from illness, many people use it as a way to end their sadness; suicide. Also a concerning thought was stated by Coleman , “Those people were not actually terminally ill," yet they still receive life ending drugs (Wilson.) Overall euthanasia should not be legalized because the right could be misused by unhappy people.
The right to choose assisted suicide should be illegal because, it ends any small chance of recovery, fatally ill patients could be unwillingly pressured into it, and finally depressed and unhappy people could use it to escape their emotions. Patients shouldn’t choose when our lives should end, it happens to everyone eventually. The eventual effects of euthanasia are serious and often overlooked. People should think through the lasting effects of legalizing assisted
Death is the unavoidable end everyone has to face eventually. It is argued about if we should be able to choose when this fateful event will occur. This has been a discussion for years and continues today especially in light of longer life spans. When it comes down to it one has to choose a side on the debate of euthanasia. The right to choose to die should be illegal because, it destroys the chance of recovery, people could be unwillingly pressured to do it and sometimes patients might request to die just because they're unhappy.
Patients who are terminally ill could end their lives too soon, which would get rid of the possibility of recovery. One fear people express is that advocates don't, ¨Take into account the possibility …show more content…
A real life example of this is when, ¨Belgian doctors granted a 24-year-old woman her request for assisted suicide for no reason other than her unhappiness. Because of this Belgian law numerous other people have made the decision to die rather than seek treatment for depression. One statistic from Belgium shows that, from 2012 to 2013 alone, euthanasia increased by nearly 27 percent(Bruenig 14). This is not likely to be just from illness, many people use it as a way to end their sadness; suicide. Also a concerning thought was stated by Coleman , “Those people were not actually terminally ill," yet they still receive life ending drugs (Wilson.) Overall euthanasia should not be legalized because the right could be misused by unhappy people.
The right to choose assisted suicide should be illegal because, it ends any small chance of recovery, fatally ill patients could be unwillingly pressured into it, and finally depressed and unhappy people could use it to escape their emotions. Patients shouldn’t choose when our lives should end, it happens to everyone eventually. The eventual effects of euthanasia are serious and often overlooked. People should think through the lasting effects of legalizing assisted