Living Will Essay

A person can never really know whether or not they are making the right decision, they can only hope that whatever the choose over bared their possible suffering. Brain dead or in a coma on life support of any kind with little to no hope of recovery. Now choosing to let that person remain in this state or euthanizing it. Why burden your family with that decision when you can make if for them ahead of time. The self-proclaim decision is called a living will. However, for pregnant women, there is an alternate law. Twenty-six stated do not allow pregnant women to have a living will (Snider), but what if this law didn’t exist would you do? I agree with this law even if it didn’t exist for many reasons, such as ethical considerations, religious viewpoints, medical aspects and the cost/judgment of life.
The tragedy of the worse kind strikes to a young woman. For this scenario, we will call her Hellen. Imagine yourself as her mother, father, husband or any other family member; just maybe even as Hellen herself. Lifeless, empty, no will on life-support and no possibility of recovery from this coma and/or vegetative state. Nevertheless, prior to this tragedy, she has prepared a living will to bear the burden from her family. However, she is pregnant and not …show more content…
You must think of all the pros and cons the situation. Yes, everyone should create a living will and it should be carried out, but why to take to lies. When writing a living will I believe someone should keep in mind different possible outcomes of your future, not just the goal you’re aiming for? Tomorrow is never promised, but for this child that can be given a better and second chance. Finally, you must ask you would a mother do for her unborn child. Then make your decision bases on all those possibilities and then tell me what you would do or want someone to do for