Pro Euthanasia Debate

In 1828, New York became the first state to enact the US statute outlawing assisted suicide along with many other states and territories following in its footsteps (ProQuest Staff). Many attempts at legalizing euthanasia or changing the public's views on it have been continuously put down in dates ranging from 1647 all the way to 2013, not to say that that there isn't more of them after or before these dates (ProQuest Staff and "Historical Timeline" ). There are quite a few things wrong with legalizing euthanasia, like that that it gives doctors a legal right to kill other people, or that it doesn't really wait for any possible cures or treatments, and the conscience of the doctors will be put a t risk as well as the mental stability of the patient when they ask for euthanasia could be a bit whacked out. You also can't rule out the possibility of euthanasia being used just as a way to cut costs on medical care. And people have been misdiagnosed before. Any …show more content…
It's easier and more cost efficient to kill people off than to treat them. People are worried that instead of our government paying for the treatment and care of patients, they are going to instead fund expiring their patients ("Arguments Against"). Patients could be pressured into wanting euthanasia because they don't want to be a burden or to take up resources and space, "We realise that we cost the community a lot...Many people think we are useless...Often we notice that we are being talked into desiring death" ("Ten Reasons" ). Pressuring people to die just to save money is definitely one of those things that are considered wrong. Senator Brownback once said that if the law ever allows killing to be a medical treatment, then society's moral guidelines have become blurred, and that it could possibly become a regular solution for those people who are chronically ill and vulnerable.” (Knickerbocker,