Legalizing Euthanasia
...ho are capable of making such a decision to end their life, should, under the United States of America constitutional law, be able to die upon request. To exist in a state of intolerable suffering denies one’s right of self-determination as citizens in a free democracy. Competent, rational people must have the right to determine their own health care according to personal wishes especially considering the high medical costs today. Nonetheless, I am not promoting killing oneself while jeopardizing other’s safety or well being. Driving recklessly and consequently killing oneself is an accident and in some cases suicide. Suicide and euthanasia are two totally different aspect of dying. Each has its own moral and ethical reasoning. In attempting to persuade lawmakers to legalize euthanasia, one also needs to communicate the anguish loved ones experience as they continue to witness the patient’s daily suffering. Furthermore, proponents of euthanasia argue that mercy-killing is necessary to end uncontrollable pain that can only be alleviated by death. A recent case of a young woman diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease proves that euthanasia has a long way to go in becoming justifiably legal. Sue Rodriguez had done her research and knew that death was in store for her. She knew this disease would rob her of a...