Pro And Cons Of Euthanasia

Euthanasia, also known as physician assisted suicide, is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or irreversible coma. The term euthanasia comes from the Greek words, “eu” meaning good and “thanatosis” meaning death, which forms “Good Death”. Euthanasia’s first recorded use was by a Roman historian, Suetonius. It was used to describe the death of Augustus Caesar. Easy death has been applied to hopeless patients who have been suffering extreme pain. Since ancient ages these actions were forbidden: in India, patients with incurable diseases were drowned in the Granges River, in Israel frankincense given to kill patients. Judaism considered life sacred and equated suicide, Christianity also believed death was for God to decree, …show more content…
After doctors gave six months to live, Brittany and her family decided to move into the state of Oregon to take advantage of the death with dignity law. She was given a legal dose of barbiturates, to help with a peaceful death. After months of traveling and fulfilling her bucket list, as she laid in her bed with family by her side, Brittany endured a peaceful death. The issue of euthanasia has been on the media 's forefront for several years. There are several pros and cons to this issue. Some of these pros are as follows: it would help to end pain and suffering, it allows a person to die with dignity, and it also helps the grieving process. Imagine, at the age of 35 you are in a freak accident, and break levels C1-C8 of your cervical spinal cord. You’re now quadriplegic and are told there is no way to repair or ever a chance of you walking again. Would you want to stay bed ridden, and only ever being able to talk? I’m sure most people wouldn’t. That’s where euthanasia comes in, instead of suffering and gaining depression from being bed ridden, you could die