Euthanasia Should be Legal Nic and Trees Elderhorst knew exactly how they wanted to die. Both 91 years old and in declining health. Nic Elderhorst suffered a stroke in 2012 and more recently, his wife Trees Elderhorst was diagnosed with dementia. So, the two had been together for 65 years, shared a last word, and then died hand-in-hand in a double euthanasia(Lindsey Bever).Euthanasia is about how people should get their way of how they want to die. People debate about this topic for certain reasons because if people are for euthanasia then they believe that people can take their lives, so they don’t have to suffer. If people are not for euthanasia then they believe a person shouldn’t be able to take their lives and suffer through the pain, knowing they are going to die anyway. Euthanasia should be legal because people should get the right to end their lives, legal in some religions, and the “Hippocratic Oath”.
…show more content…
People should have the choice to choose whether to die and not suffer and go to a better place. They could also stay alive and suffer through the pain. A person with any kind of sickness or disease can suffer and still die with euthanasia. Pain therapy can render the final stages bearable for many incurably sick patients, but this is not answer for everyone who wishes to die. “Whether a human is mortally ill, there is death expected in the foreseeable future”(Hurwitz). Furthermore, a person should have the choice of when and how to
People should have the choice to choose whether to die and not suffer and go to a better place. They could also stay alive and suffer through the pain. A person with any kind of sickness or disease can suffer and still die with euthanasia. Pain therapy can render the final stages bearable for many incurably sick patients, but this is not answer for everyone who wishes to die. “Whether a human is mortally ill, there is death expected in the foreseeable future”(Hurwitz). Furthermore, a person should have the choice of when and how to