Imagine waking up on a bright early morning to drink a cup of warm coffee, when suddenly collapsing and becoming severely brain-damaged. This is what happened to a young twenty-six year old women named Terri Schiavo. On February of 1990 Terri collapsed due to oxygen being cut off to her brain for several minutes. When Terri arrived at the hospital she was able to breath and maintain a heartbeat and blood pressure on her own; however, her vision was impaired. Terri could still move her limbs and could still see, but she needed a feeding tube connected to her stomach in order for her to continue living. Terri’s husband was fighting to remove the feeding tube; although, her parents pleaded to keep the feeding tube and to take Terri home with them
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Terri went almost two weeks without any food or water, this ultimately caused Terri’s lipes to become horribly cracked and blistered; her skin was jaundice and had different shades of blue; her breathing started to become rapid and uncontrollable, and her face became skeletal while her teeth started to project forward. Terri’s brother stated that Terri would moan as if she was under a lot of pain. On March 31st Terri Schiavo died (Schindler). Terri could have lived a happy life without euthanasia, there was other options that could have allowed Terri to live even with no pain. It is cases like Terri’s that prove euthanasia is not a viable option. Alternatives to euthanasia can prevent putting too much power in other hands, and eliminate consequences in the future; therefore, euthanasia should not be legalized. Through the legalization of Euthanasia we will eventually enter a “slippery slope”. One of the biggest concerns with euthanasia is when to cross the line at who can receive euthanasia. As euthanasia progresses more laws and rules are being set to allow more people to receive euthanasia. For example, The Lancet, a British medical journal, published a study that proved that eight percent of infants that die in the Netherlands was euthanized. The children
Terri went almost two weeks without any food or water, this ultimately caused Terri’s lipes to become horribly cracked and blistered; her skin was jaundice and had different shades of blue; her breathing started to become rapid and uncontrollable, and her face became skeletal while her teeth started to project forward. Terri’s brother stated that Terri would moan as if she was under a lot of pain. On March 31st Terri Schiavo died (Schindler). Terri could have lived a happy life without euthanasia, there was other options that could have allowed Terri to live even with no pain. It is cases like Terri’s that prove euthanasia is not a viable option. Alternatives to euthanasia can prevent putting too much power in other hands, and eliminate consequences in the future; therefore, euthanasia should not be legalized. Through the legalization of Euthanasia we will eventually enter a “slippery slope”. One of the biggest concerns with euthanasia is when to cross the line at who can receive euthanasia. As euthanasia progresses more laws and rules are being set to allow more people to receive euthanasia. For example, The Lancet, a British medical journal, published a study that proved that eight percent of infants that die in the Netherlands was euthanized. The children