Euthanasia

Euthanasia is defined as the deliberate taking of someone's life by action or omission, with or without that person's consent, for compassionate reasons and for their alleged benefit

1.Legally in the Netherlands, only a competent patient´s request for euthanasia can be accepted. According to Dutch law, any treatment that has no clear medical benefit for the patient is regarded a sfutile, and argues that no patient should be subjected to useless medical interventions and that these treatments should not be offered as an option.
http://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1702041.html

2.The right of a competent, terminally ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embrace a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty. The exercise of this right is as central to personal autonomy and bodily integrity.
- American Civil Liberties Union
http://euthanasia.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000126

3.Euthanasia is illegal in Britain. This is to dissuade people as this is not morally accepted in this country.
www.horsforth.leeds.sch.uk/.../euthanasia%20presentation%20cut%20down.ppt

Euthanasia includes the many rights of a person which conflict with one another.
Therefore, as a result of several conflicting issues, euthanasia is an ethical issue.I personally believe that euthanasia shouldn´t be legalized, especially passive euthanasia which is involuntary. People have a right to fight for their lives no matter what, after all, its THEIR life. No one has a say if you choose to live your life or not.

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