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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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The Decision to End One's Own Life is a Fundamental Human Right
My body, I should be able to pull the plug
We are supposed to have control of our bodies, and that should mean the right to decide when it is our time. It is inhumane to make someone who is suffering, and can not be helped lie in a hospital bed in agony until their time comes. We euthanize animals, and even though we tend to put ourselves above other animals, we are in the same kingdom.
As another poster stated. If I am in a vegetative state, the likelyhood of waking up and "living life" is not likely at all. Someone could better use my organs than me. Someone that actually has the chance. The costs of keeping someone in the hospital on lifesupport, who has practically no chance is not worth it.
It is hard to watch someone who wants to go, but can't. Personally, it would be tough to live without a loved one, but I would rather them go in peace. If it was me, I would rather my family not watch me suffer, and I would rather have the chance of giving life to someone else.
- StriveforYourDreams
February 8, 2009 7:03PM
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