Should euthanasia be legalized? (2)

The article, Should Euthanasia It Be Legal?, written by Redsky from THE WHYVILLE TIMES, clearly states out his viewpoints by giving facts and examples throughout this century. First of all, he defined Euthanasia which derives from Greek meaning a good death as "the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable disease or in an irreversible coma" by using the Oxford English Dictionary. He relates that people against euthanasia are so called “Pro-Life” and this is also the view of Christians who regard euthanasia as a sin. So far, euthanasia is legal in Netherlands and Oregon in the States. Redsky thought that the condition that euthanasia should be undergone is very important and decisive. He gave us two examples, Sidney Cohen and Diane Pretty. Sidney, who tended to give up battling with cancer for the last three months, hopefully survived and gained his full life again. In contrast, Diane, a woman suffering from Motor Neurone Syndrome and no long be in physical control of most of her body, could never live a full life again after her debilitating illness set in on her and lost her battle to have euthanasia legalized. At last, Redsky implied that he would like to see it legalized just because he assumed that everyone knows euthanasia is the last option, and all medical means should be exhausted to try to give the patient different options. Only man with terminal illness should come to the step.

In my opinion, the writer made his points successfully convincing by not applying those religious point of views or critical issues but only facts and figures. “Whatever way you look at it, euthanasia is a subject which cannot be ignored” said Redsky, I strongly agree with that because arguments cannot make things better but action can. Some said euthanasia might be abused after it’s legalized, but if we set up a threshold, we will be able to stop it from happening. And so far, the death rate in Oregon didn’t go up actually after the legalization of euthanasia. So, I think there are people who are qualified for this option and have been waiting so long. This issue has been hotly debated for many years; maybe we should hold a referendum for that.