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With names like Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Terri Schiavo making international headlines during the past few years, the complicated subject of euthanasia remains on everyone's mind. But when considering the plight of the terminally ill and their potential suffering, is "pulling the plug" a matter of dying with dignity or tragically playing God?
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Physician Assisted Dying Should Not be a Crime
Euthanasia
This argument raises a very valid point about our hypocrisy. While there is much debate about whether a fetus is considered a human at the time an abortion can be performed, many associations, including governing bodies of medicine, as cited in the argument, are pro-abortion, but not pro assisted suicide. This is very strange considering many people consider abortion as taking a life.
"Not all human life has the same value all of the time" Considering this statement, if a terminally ill person no longer sees a value in what remains of their life, they should be able to choose to end it. We are supposed to be able to make decisions about what we value in our lives and what we want to do in our lives; if life is not worth living, in our minds, we should be able to do something about it.
- StriveforYourDreams
March 1, 2009 9:03AM
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