Argument Against Euthanasia In Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott,
I am writing this letter to inform you about why I believe Euthanasia should be legal in Australia. You as a human being should know that if you loved someone who was suffering a great deal of pain and they told you all they wanted to do was die, would you just stand there knowing there was nothing you could do or would you gain the dignity that would allow them to die in peace. So why is it that when it comes to the suffering of our human family members, no such dignity is offered in Australia? It seems absurd that pets have more rights when it comes to dying peacefully than their human counterparts.
The topic of Euthanasia has been the subject of moral, religious, philosophical, legal and human rights debate in Australia for many years. According to the Australian Medical Association, Euthanasia is defined as ‘The act of deliberately ending the life of a patient for the purpose of ending intolerable pain and/or suffering. The great debates stems from two contradicting notions held within society: the right for individuals to choose to die with dignity when suffering and the need to uphold the moral right to life for every person. Currently, in Australia Euthanasia is illegal, however, there have been many countries that have recognised the need to allow an individual to …show more content…
According to the Australian Institute of data, it was revealed that when asked if a doctor should be allowed to the end the life of a person experiencing "unrelievable and incurable suffering'', 70.6 per cent agreed euthanasia should be legal. (YAMINE, 2014) This shows that public supports it and that if it were to be legal it would be civil and unlikely that anything would happen to the government. The fact of the matter is that people believe it’s such a horrible thing, if you were to go along with this it would change many people’s lives around the world for the
I am writing this letter to inform you about why I believe Euthanasia should be legal in Australia. You as a human being should know that if you loved someone who was suffering a great deal of pain and they told you all they wanted to do was die, would you just stand there knowing there was nothing you could do or would you gain the dignity that would allow them to die in peace. So why is it that when it comes to the suffering of our human family members, no such dignity is offered in Australia? It seems absurd that pets have more rights when it comes to dying peacefully than their human counterparts.
The topic of Euthanasia has been the subject of moral, religious, philosophical, legal and human rights debate in Australia for many years. According to the Australian Medical Association, Euthanasia is defined as ‘The act of deliberately ending the life of a patient for the purpose of ending intolerable pain and/or suffering. The great debates stems from two contradicting notions held within society: the right for individuals to choose to die with dignity when suffering and the need to uphold the moral right to life for every person. Currently, in Australia Euthanasia is illegal, however, there have been many countries that have recognised the need to allow an individual to …show more content…
According to the Australian Institute of data, it was revealed that when asked if a doctor should be allowed to the end the life of a person experiencing "unrelievable and incurable suffering'', 70.6 per cent agreed euthanasia should be legal. (YAMINE, 2014) This shows that public supports it and that if it were to be legal it would be civil and unlikely that anything would happen to the government. The fact of the matter is that people believe it’s such a horrible thing, if you were to go along with this it would change many people’s lives around the world for the