Assisted dying should be legalized. The problem of legalizing assisted dying has been long under discussion. However, people are still in two minds about it. Some of them think that euthanasia should be legalized to stop people’s agony, while others are their ardent opponents. Personally, I belong to the group of people who think that assisted dying should not be legalized for several reasons. Firstly, the law of assisted dying could be abused by doctors, members of family, natives etc. For example, doctor Harold Shipman killed more then 200 peoples. His first kill was in 1984 where Shipman injected into old women vein 30 milligrams of morphine to stop joint pain, which he did but killed her as well. After killing her he took
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However, people which are on the other side of barricade who support assisted dying would give a case for euthanasia which is based on Jesus teaching and can be summarized as requiring us to love God and to “love our neighbor as ourselves”. So, how can we let our neighbor being in agony if we love them as ourselves?
What members of parliament think about the idea of assisted dying? House of commons this year after a heated debate on both sides decided not to legalize euthanasia by 212, with 330 voting against and 118 in favour. That was not a first debate in House of Commons, in 1997 74% of members of parliament voted against that bill. The Labour MP, Jim Fitzpatrick, said “If that’s what lies in store for me, I want to control my own death,”
Moreover, Doctors have found that one in four patients who are depressed wish to die. Based on that fact, people might not be aware of what is happening at the moment when they make a decision to end their live. Miracles sometimes happens, there is always a chance to survive, a little but still a chance. 83-year-old mother of member of parliament from Labours’s Yasmin Qureshi had been given 3 days by doctors to live, however she survived and fully
However, people which are on the other side of barricade who support assisted dying would give a case for euthanasia which is based on Jesus teaching and can be summarized as requiring us to love God and to “love our neighbor as ourselves”. So, how can we let our neighbor being in agony if we love them as ourselves?
What members of parliament think about the idea of assisted dying? House of commons this year after a heated debate on both sides decided not to legalize euthanasia by 212, with 330 voting against and 118 in favour. That was not a first debate in House of Commons, in 1997 74% of members of parliament voted against that bill. The Labour MP, Jim Fitzpatrick, said “If that’s what lies in store for me, I want to control my own death,”
Moreover, Doctors have found that one in four patients who are depressed wish to die. Based on that fact, people might not be aware of what is happening at the moment when they make a decision to end their live. Miracles sometimes happens, there is always a chance to survive, a little but still a chance. 83-year-old mother of member of parliament from Labours’s Yasmin Qureshi had been given 3 days by doctors to live, however she survived and fully