A. Attention Getter: As hard as it may be for some of us, I would like all of you to imagine yourself not being able to walk and you are barely able to breath, let alone speak along with not being able to eat, severe weight loss and muscle fatigue. You are in such unbearable pain and you cry out for help but no one seems to listen. You are beginning to feel like a burden on your family acquiring all these medical bills putting them further in debt. You’ve been in the hospital for months the medical team decides you will no longer benefit from any treatment. Now, the doctor tells you there is nothing left that they can do to help. Your symptoms worsen as the days pass on. The doctor is able to prescribe you medications to relieve some of the pain but you will …show more content…
Euthanasia is Barbarous and Immoral
a. Rosie DiManno wrote a short article in a book titled Euthanasia and says that we did not choose when we entered this world and so we shall not be able to choose when we leave. She claims it is all a part of nature. Dimanno watched her father writhe in pain, screaming out in agony for the pain to end but she says that death was never the answer for him. She says that her father did not need assisted suicide but rather he needed medical assistance to manage the end of his life, prolonging his suffering (Dimanno.)
b. Legalizing euthanasia would help ease the suffering of terminally ill patients. A journal on the Pros and Cons of Euthanasia states that it would be inhuman and unfair to make them endure such overwhelming pain. Even with medical assistance to control the pain, Rosie’s father would not have any quality of life, as this goes for many terminally ill patients as well (Dr. Maisie M.) 3. A Slippery Slope
a. Many people insist legalizing euthanasia will lead one thing to another only making things worse. Dimanno wrote that euthanasia is just a slippery slope to the annihilation of human beings. She claims that this is not merciful it is