Argumentative Essay: Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide

“The whole notion of pain, and how every individual experiences pain, is up for debate. We don 't know how another person experiences pain - physical pain or psychic pain. Some of these clinics where assisted suicide or euthanasia is practiced, they call it 'weariness of life. '” (Toews). For many years, those dubbed with the burden of cancer and other terminal illnesses have to suffer through a slow and painful death in the end. However we respect animals with these illnesses more than our own kind by putting them out of their misery. What if we can treat ourselves with the same respect, though there is more that goes into a human’s death, like a will, a death certificate, and many more, we can still help. This can be done with physician …show more content…
Why should death be indignifying, when you could die with dignity. This way you can die without feeling guilty about not completing a task. You can choose when you die, and no one else. Even the toughest people know when it is their time, those who have survived through everything know. This way they won’t have any more pain. Some die without getting to say their goodbye before they died, and this causes more grief for everyone, they would get that luxury. “If I had terminal cancer, I had a few weeks to live, I was in tremendous amount of pain - if they just effectively wanted to turn off the switch and legalise that by legalising euthanasia, I 'd want that” (John Key). As stated, it is obvious that people would rather die than suffer when the end result of both is …show more content…
There is many pros and cons on this topic, however there is ways that everyone can get along on the topic. The cons can be that there will be turmoil in society, people who were looking to get into medicine for a career may be turned away, people would trust their physicians less, and the laws and guidelines won’t be in place right after legalization. However the pros can be, less suffrage for both the patient and family, people can die with less pain than other forms of suicide, and some may see physicians even more helpful. PAS is legalized in few areas, however is being discussed in politics around the