euthanasia
...at one of our natural human goals is to survive and if we practice euthanasia, then that goal is destroyed. The pro-euthanasia, or "right to die," movement has received considerable encouragement by the passage of laws in 40 states by 1990, which allow legally competent individuals to make "living wills." These wills empower and instruct doctors to withhold life-support systems if the individuals become terminally ill. In our society, suicide is always traumatic for families and friends. If there is no alternative to relieve the suffering of terminal patients, then the more humane option to suicide is euthanasia. Euthanasia is also a very effective thing for senior citizens because they often suffer much before they finally pass away. Suffering is a terrible thing and we have a clear duty to comfort those in need and to ease their suffering when we can. Elderly people are also prone to painful diseases and medical problems. Mercy killing can end their pain in a non-traumatic way for their families'. the other type of euthanasia. That is when the patient does not want euthanasia, but it is administered. There are also different ways to administer euthanasia. One is direct euthanasia, which is deliberately inducing death in order to terminate hopeless suffering. Then there is indirect euthanasia, which is indirectly causing death with the use of drugs to relieve pain, but moves along the death of the patient. Conflicting opinion is seen to be found when people talk about euthanasia. Some say it is good because people should have the right to choose what they want to happen to themselves. If they choose to end their suffering they should be able to do it without being made to feel like they have done something wrong. Some lay guidelines and say that they believe that if someone has had an accident or contracted a disease that is incurable, and that disease or accident means that they are unable to think beyond a vegetable stage, or that their illness causes so much pain that it is insufferable, then it is that persons ri...