The Controversy Between Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide

The topic I have chosen to discuss for research is the right to die, specifically as it relates to euthanasia. This topic of euthanasia is of high level interest to me due to the fact that their has been many controversies surrounding whether or not someone can make a personal decision to live or end their own lives. I know that euthanasia, is a request from a person with a sickness that has had their quality of life taken away, to end their lives with help. This request is also known as “assisted suicide", and the word suicide is the reason people have such a problem with it. Most criticism comes from religious groups who believe in higher powers. They believe that the higher power should have control of when “your time” is. I know that a doctor doesn't naturally want to euthanize a patient, they tend to want to ease the pain and control it. …show more content…
Assisting them would be the humane thing to do instead of watching them suffer in pain. I believe no one wants to die, but no one wants to sit in the hospital waiting to approach “their time”. The choice of euthanasia is only available to patients who have less than six months to live, not for the depressed people who just are tired of living. There are requirements for being allowed to request euthanasia. In order to even request, you must be terminally ill, be at least 18 years old, mentally stable enough to make your own healthcare decisions, given six or less months to live, and have two doctors agree that you have meet all the requirements. Euthanasia isn’t considered harm by the doctor unless the doctor offers it, which then would make it just like any other