EUTHANASIA BY JUSTIN MACHEN WHAT IS EUTHANASIA EUTHANASIA

EUTHANASIA BY. JUSTIN MACHEN

WHAT IS EUTHANASIA? • EUTHANASIA IS THE PAINLESS KILLING OF A PERSON THAT IS EITHER IN A COMA OR HAS AN INCURABLE DISEASE. • EUTHANASIA IS KNOW AS MERCY KILLING BECAUSE IT PUTS THE PERSON WHO IS SUFFERING OUT OF THEIR MISERY.

SHOULD EUTHANASIA BE LEGAL? • SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EUTHANASIA IS CRUEL AND MORALLY UNETHICAL. • OTHER PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EUTHANASIA SHOULD BE LEGAL IN ALL STATES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM AN UNCURABLE ILLNESS. • THEN SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EUTHANASIA SHOULD BE LEGAL AND ABLE TO BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE THAT SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION THAT COGNITIVELY WANT TO DIE.

EUTHANASIA SHOULD BE LEGAL FOR DEPRESSION PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF A PERSON IS MAKING THE DECISION TO DIE THAT THE MERCIFUL DEATH WOULD BE BETTER THAN THEM KILLING THEMSELVES IN A GRUESOME WAY A COUNTER ARGUMENT IS THAT IT IS UNETHICAL TO HAVE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TAKE A LIFE WHEN THEY TAKE THE OATH TO NEVER TAKE A LIFE

SUICIDE RATES OF THE US • IN 2017 THERE WAS 47, 173 SUICIDES AND IT WAS THETH 10 LARGEST KILLER IN THE US • THE HIGHEST AGE OF SUICIDE VICTIMS IS PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 45 AND 54 WITH THE SECOND HIGHEST BEING ELDERLY • IF EUTHANASIA WAS LEGAL THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO SAFELY END A LIFE OF SOMEONE THAT HAS MADE THAT DECISION • THERE WAS OVER 1, 300, 000 ATTEMPTED SUICIDES IN 2018