EUTHANASIA

-Euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. Another similiar word for it would be assistant suicid. Assistant suicide is when someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life with the intention that they will be used for this purpose. When it is a doctor who helps another person to kill themselves it is called "physician assisted suicide." Most of the cases of euthanasia have to do with patients who are terminally ill and want to end their pain by ending their life. Some of the arguments against euthanasia are euthanasia would not only be for people who are "terminally ill", euthanasia can become a means of health care cost containment, euthanasia will become non-voluntary, and euthanasia is a rejection of the importance and value of human life. With these arguments, it makes euthanasia illegal today in almost all of the united states. So what about those who are terminally ill who cannot endure anymore pain? I believe that people have the right to decide whether they want to live or not when it comes down to medical issues. What I don't understand is how could the court decide the life and death of a person if they don't know what that person is going through. A case study of Sue Weaver help explain my argument for euthanasia. Sue was sick through her life. She later developed Multiple Sclerosis, a disease which is caused by hard patches of tissue on the brain or spinal chord and results in partial or total paralysis. The disease is also accompanied by muscle twinges or jerks. Sue could no longer walk and was confined to a wheelchair. Physical and emotional struggle led sue to suicide. Sue was assisted by Dr. Kevorkian in May 15, 1993. Sue was able to pull her own lever which allowed her a peaceful and dignify death. There are arguments of physicians should never assist suicide because every life is valuable and it also violates the 6th commandment of not to kill, etc. I don't think it is up to the state to decide what a person wants to do with their life. As long as they don't harm others, I agree to authanasia if it helps the patient die a peaceful and dignifying death. No one should endure pain if they can help it.