Legalizing Euthanasia In The United States

Suicide is the act of one killing himself or herself. Legalizing suicide is one of the worst ideas someone could have. That is what euthanasia is, suicide. This paper will discuss several reasons why euthanasia should remain illegal in the United States. From the three types of euthanasia to reasons why people request euthanasia, to the oath doctors take before becoming a doctor, to how it is God’s choice, to how elders can be abused, and to the horrible euthanasia that takes place in war. These are all ways euthanasia is ruining peoples lives each and every day.
Basically, there are different types of euthanasia; involuntary, voluntary, and non-voluntary. Involuntary euthanasia is where he or she wants to live but is killed anyway. Voluntary …show more content…
Oregon legalized euthanasia but came up with the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. The act “May not adequately protect all mentally ill patients,”(Abstracts) and “not all patients who requested assistance were specifically evaluated by mental health professionals,”(Abstracts). That being said, people who have AIDS are thirty times more likely to use euthanasia than people dying or chronic respiratory disorder(Robinson and Scott 3). Angelotti said, “ The more people that continue on to see euthanasia as an acceptable freedom, the more likely it will become legal for those who are not terminally ill.” Also if we think it is okay it will reach more people like the depressed and handicapped(Canada). Four main reasons why people request to die are depression, fear of the future or death, pain, and the lack of dignity(Robinson and Scott 4). Some examples, fifty-eight people requested euthanasia, eighteen were allowed and three out of the eighteen had treatable depression(Abstracts). That percent may not be high, but that's still three lives that could be saved. Another story is about a girl who requested euthanasia, but was severely depressed at the time. She was able to get treated for this depression and changed her mind about the euthanasia. The sad thing is “Depression is often undiagnosed in terminally ill patients.” What makes that even worst, is even if a doctor or professional sees …show more content…
Most likely if a man gets injured bad enough and is in pain he will be killed right then and there. Families, wives, husbands, and children are waiting for whoever they sent off the battle for our country. There was a point where in war if someone needed amputation of an arm or leg that automatically meant they were going to die. Luckily now we have medicine that is able to save more people's lives. Injured men and women get their life choices made for them on the battlefield. They do not call the family and ask them what they like them to do, they just make the choice and most the time it is ending their life. These actions most commonly take place in the naval part of the war. Here are some gross stories of men who are still alive but injured and killed. There was a man lying fifty feet from a foxhole moaning and yelling in pain; so a man crawled over there near him and shot him. The man who crawled over there did not even see if he could be saved, he just straight us killed him. Another time two soldiers found one of their men lying on the ground injured, and before doing a medical exam of the injured man they shoot him. So that family lost one of its members that possibly could have been saved, but never got the medical attention he or she needed. One time a man had a huge chunk of steel through his chest and back, he also had several head wounds. He