she was able to stay alive was through being force - fed through a surgically

implanted gastrostomy tube. She was oblivious to all her surroundings except

reflexive responses to sound and possibly pain. Her brain was irreversibly

degenerated and she was a spastic quadriplegic. Finally, she would live on in a

permanent vegetative state. If this were all true, would you want her to live on,

not knowing anything except for pain? This was the story of Joe Cruzan, whose

daughter, Nancy, was denied euthanasia. After battling the courts for nine years,

she was finally disconnected from her feeding tube and allowed to die. This

scenario is a famous one out of many that people fear, a horrible, painful life and

death. They also fear having virtually no life just like Nancy Cruzan. Because of

this, to ensure peaceful deaths, many people turn to euthanasia and physician -

assisted suicide (PAS). Unfortunately, it is illegal in most places, enraging both

physicians and their ill patients. This leads

be legalized anywhere. The largest argument is that if euthanasia were legalized, it

cancer when he shot himself in the head to end his suffering because he was not

EXIT's - Fast Access - A Starting Point. 2001. Stats. 18 Mar 2001. "First do no harm." Though this statement is indeed in the spirit of Hippocrates,

that included, the handicapped, retarded, weak, and many more. This is what

have been influenced by depression, be informed of feasible alternatives such as

anti - vomiting medicine so that all the barbituate may be properly absorbed. Upon

uncontrolled killing. Another frequently heard excuse is that to some people, a

against abortion, and performing surgery and teaching practices in return for

are the Netherlands the only nation and Oregon the only American state which

feel they should help them. These results were surprising because of the large

Battin, Margaret Pabst. "Euthanaisa is ethical." 1987. Euthanasia: Opposing

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