Euthanasia
Mentally competent people or guardians of noncompetent people should be able to make the right-to-die decision. In the following paragraphs, many controversial issues will be discussed to possibly sway your opinion on a very important issue, but in the end the decision will rely solely upon you and your beliefs. In recent years, debate has intensified in the United States over the question of whether terminally ill people should have the legal right to obtain a doctors help in ending their lives. Assisted suicide and euthanasia also called the right to die movement, which has either been barred by the law or has been prohibited by court rulings in almost every state. In 1997, the Supreme Court upheld two state laws that barred assisted suicide. The court ruled that the constitution sis not guarantee an individuals "right to die." Euthanasia must be legalized in a way that individuals are to decide for themselves what should or should not be done to their bodies. That is, laws must be strengthened and guidelines must be set to ensure the right of euthanasia will not be denied to people. The case for euthanasia is justified on three fundamental moral principles: mercy, autonomy, and justi
Opponents of euthanasia contend that life is too precious for anyone to decide to end it. Cardinal Bernardin, arguing against euthanasia, states," As individuals and as a society, we have the positive obligation to protect life ... not to destroy or injure human life directly, especially the life of the innocent and vulnerable" (70). Opponents of legal assisted suicide say that making suicide a legitimate medical option will have unfortunate consequences for the terminally ill and could adversely affect other patients who are not in such desperate situations. The safeguards included in most proposed assisted suicide laws would still leave patients vulnerable to abuse. Many are concerned that assisted suicide would be more common among low-income families that are impoverished by the cost of medical care. Opponents say that the dying patients deserve improved care. Not and invitation to end their lives. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1989. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1989.
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