Persuasive Essay Euthanasia

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"She suffered, she suffered a whole lot. And at one point I was praying for her to be released. You know it's just too much " (Quote by Carol Burnett). Euthanasia should be an option for the terminally ill because people shouldn't be forced to live, and terminally ill people should be euthanized on their terms. My reasons about why euthanasia should be an option is that the terminally ill people should have a right to die and not suffer intolerable pain. And people shouldn’t suffer because others want them to live. Lastly, People should end their life if necessary on their own time and place.

This Paragraph is about why Euthanasia should be an option for the terminally ill because it's not fair to the suffering who must endure pain and have their families hold them back because of their sadness and grief. The SIRS Issues Research website "we need to talk about euthanasia" says that nine in ten agree a person should not be forced to endure intolerable suffering. And the severely disabled are 85 percent in favor and members of regulated health professions are supportive. Elsewhere, terminally ill patients in Quebec know have the right to
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Further evidence stated on the website cited above says "The Preservation of live is subjected to the self-determined choice of the individual and not the choice of loved ones or physicians." Also, the state Parliament passed legislation to allow assisted suicide from June 2019 in the Australian state of Victoria and more than 70 percent of Australians believe that terminally ill people should be allowed to choose to die (Pearlman, Jonathan. "Euthanasia Law Passed in Aussie State of Victoria." Straits Times (Singapore), 02 Dec 2017, pp. n/a. SIRS Issues Researcher,

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