Persuasive Essay Against Euthanasia
Imagine being sentenced to a slow and painful death due to terminal illness. Sounds like torture, right? Unfortunately this is the case for many individuals across America. “Euthanasia” also defined as “the right to death” is considered to be suicide to many people due to personal or religious beliefs however, it is not. Some may state that physician assisted suicide is morally wrong and that allowing a human life to be lost by unnatural cause is unethical but euthanasia should be an option for the terminally ill who are already dying and have only months to live due to their terminal illness because it gives the terminally ill the freedom to choose how they want to end their lives, pain, and suffering. Euthanasia is “The intentional
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Why should some people’s religious beliefs have to limit everyone?
Euthanasia is actually being practiced on animals yet some fail to realize it. Veterinarians put animals who may have an incurable disease or sickness to sleep all the time but this process is not viewed as wrong to many people on the contrary it is viewed as acceptable and considered to be wrong or careless of a pet owner to allow their terminally ill pet to suffer a slow and painful death. Jessica Pierce stated “...I have talked to many veterinarians who routinely perform euthanasia on ill and dying animals. The vast majority embrace euthanasia as a compassionate and ethically appropriate way to release animals from suffering at the end of life.” (“Human and
Animal Euthanasia”). Why is euthanasia considered acceptable for animals but many people continue to view euthanasia as being morally wrong for a human to make the decision to
Why should some people’s religious beliefs have to limit everyone?
Euthanasia is actually being practiced on animals yet some fail to realize it. Veterinarians put animals who may have an incurable disease or sickness to sleep all the time but this process is not viewed as wrong to many people on the contrary it is viewed as acceptable and considered to be wrong or careless of a pet owner to allow their terminally ill pet to suffer a slow and painful death. Jessica Pierce stated “...I have talked to many veterinarians who routinely perform euthanasia on ill and dying animals. The vast majority embrace euthanasia as a compassionate and ethically appropriate way to release animals from suffering at the end of life.” (“Human and
Animal Euthanasia”). Why is euthanasia considered acceptable for animals but many people continue to view euthanasia as being morally wrong for a human to make the decision to