Voluntary Euthanasia Persuasive Speech

In our society, it is considered inhumane to force an animal to suffer through a merciless, drawn-out, painful death. To allow any animal, let alone a beloved pet, to endure agony for any length of time, never mind for years and years, is sadistic and cruel. We can all agree that allowing an animal a peaceful and painless death instead of forcing them to experience agony and pain for every second of the rest of their lives is the right thing to do, and as we have the power to give them mercy, we should. Seeing an animal in pain is traumatising for all parties involved, and we wish that pain to be over as quickly and as painlessly as possible.
Why are humans denied mercy? Why is our pain less important than theirs? Why aren’t our lives worth as much as a dog’s? Currently, in every state and territory within Australia’s borders, voluntary euthanasia is illegal. Now, voluntary euthanasia is something very different to suicide. …show more content…
How will we stop the elderly, who fear becoming a burden on their family from abusing voluntary euthanasia? How many people will abuse voluntary euthanasia who aren’t in chronic pain? How many people will abuse voluntary euthanasia who aren’t terminally ill? They repeat this same argument, over and over again. The list of arguments that oppose euthanasia is a lot shorter than the list of terminal and debilitating diseases. This weak and spineless argument doesn’t take into consideration that 2,500 Australians commit suicide every year. That’s commit, as in successfully, not attempt as in try. Surely we as a developed nation can design safe-guards, to avoid the abuse of voluntary euthanasia. The public are already buying euthanasia drugs illegally, and illegal purchases are harder to control and are more dangerous than legal ones. By giving controlled legal access to the drugs, it becomes less likely wrongful deaths will