The Argument Against Euthanasia

How would a person, in the final stages of an incurable disease, feel if they were prohibited to die? This is a topic that has caught the attention of the public, media, and the judicial system. Euthanasia, a Greek term, is translated as a “good death,” or “dying well.” It is the act of humanely ending a patient’s life. If a patient is suffering an incurable and painful disease and requests insistently to die, is there any reason their request should not be granted? Their insistence becomes a matter of personal dignity, as they want to retain their humanity in the time before they die. This concept may sound simple and make sense to the majority of the population, but in reality, it is more complex than that because of the morality, ethicality, and religious aspects of this subject. Pre-existing taboos against euthanasia prevents this practice to be legal in the United States with the exception of Washington, Oregon, California, and Vermont. Each person in this country should have the right to choose the time and method of their own death when they believe there is no hope or cure for …show more content…
In euthanasia, we are talking about the business of people that are losing the battles of their lives because of an incurable and debilitating illness, thus brutally compromising their quality of life and therefore diminishing the sense of humanity that is inherent to each one of us. Where is the line to be drawn when a treatment to prolong someone’s life is causing that person more harm than peace and relief? We also have to remember that those treatments are not for free. Most of them are unbelievably expensive for the patient and their family and the insurance companies that somehow pass those costs to their other customers raising the overall cost of medical care, that affects all of us in the