Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen,
The topic for today is that Euthanasia should be legalised, meaning that the point at issue is whether or not Euthanasia should be legalised.
Before I begin my case, I would like to define a few words in the topic. Euthanasia, also known as assisted suicide, is the deliberate action taken with the intention of ending the life of a person with an incurable or painful disease intended to relieve excruciating pain. Legalised means to make something, that was previously illegal, permissible by law.
My first premise will be that choosing to proceed with Euthanasia is a basic human right and my second premise will be that Euthanasia is a way to relieve excruciating pain. My counter premise will be that Euthanasia can be wrongly abused by doctors.
Now onto my first point, which is that choosing to proceed with Euthanasia is a basic human right. All …show more content…
The truth is, there are people who are willing to abuse their power. Legalising Euthanasia will allow doctors to justify their action of killing patients. There have been numerous times when doctors have abused their power and killed patients. A Dutch physician even stated that terminally ill patients were “bed blockers”. A recent study conducted in Belgium showed that 32% of all euthanasia deaths were done without explicit request and that 47% of all euthanasia deaths were not reported as euthanasia. After knowing this, how can we completely trust doctors. They are the people that we invest our trust in and we expect them to provide us with the most suitable plan. Legalising Euthanasia has the potential for