Euthanasia Should Be Legal

One is suffering from an incurable disease, there is nothing one’s family can do to help him or her. There is nothing the doctors can do to save one’s life in the end. One sits there in pain every day of his or her life. Right now, in most parts of the United States and around the world, people do not have a choice to end their pain and suffering with a doctor 's help. Euthanasia comes from the two Greek words “eu” and “thanatos”. The words “eu” and “thanatos” means good death. Euthanasia is a peaceful and painless death, people have the choice to end their life if they are suffering from an incurable disease. Euthanasia should be legal in all states, because a person should be able to end their life if they are suffering.
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What many people do not know is what all it takes for one to get euthanized. One cannot walk into the doctor’s office and tell them they want to end their life just because they do not want to live anymore. The doctors put research into the patient, the patient must have something wrong with them. For a patient to get euthanized there must be proof that there is no way the disease is curable at this point in time, there must be a high amount of suffering and pain, and in the right state of mind. One will not get euthanized if they are going crazy or anything along that …show more content…
There are a few states that do allow it, these states are Vermont, Washington, and Oregon. In these states every form of euthanasia is legal for those who are terminally ill. It is also legal in New Mexico and the Netherlands. Other countries are trying to follow in their footsteps for multiple reasons. The main reason that people consider euthanasia is the fact that these people are just sitting there knowing that they are going to die. They are in pain every minute of each day for the rest of their life. Last year there was an American woman who lived in California. She had gotten an incurable and very painful disease, she did not want to live in pain anymore and her family knew how much she was hurting. At this time euthanasia was legal in Oregon, she and her family packed up their things and moved to Oregon to put her out of her suffering. On November 1, 2014, her and her family made a decision that ending her life would help her relieve her of all her suffering. After she did this the world started to look at euthanasia and this is why it has become a more discussed topic in the United