Euthanasia

Lily Tikijian
April 8, 2009
Literature Period 6
Mrs. Pfanschmidt

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. There are two kinds of euthanasia, human and animal euthanasia. Personally, I don’t think that this practice should be illegal in most countries. Of course though, it should be illegal if it is not done properly and under the right circumstances. For one, before a doctor pulls the plug on a coma patient, he or she must have contacted a family member or guardian to get permission. The doctor can’t legally just pull the plug. This is why I think it should be legal because the people have signed off on it. In lots of people’s will or before they are submitted to a hospital they are required to sign something about their opinions on artificial life (being fed oxygen through a tube.) They give you a certain time frame and ask if you would want to die or stay a vegetable. Another reason why it should be legal, they ask your opinions. I don’t think animal euthanasia should be legal but that’s mostly because I can’t stand to think of an animal dying. In all honesty, it is up to the owners. But I do think euthanasia should be legal because for the most part it is your decision.