Pro-Euthanasia

             Should a person who is terminally ill, who feels that their life is not worth living due to intolerable pain and/or loss of dignity and/or loss of capability, who repeatedly asks for help in committing suicide, and who is of sound mind and not suffering from depression be given assistance in dying? I think so.
             Euthanasia is intentionally killing a person who is suffering from incurable conditions or diseases to end their suffering. In my opinion, life should be a matter of choice, I think people should have the power to control what happened to their bodies, and that they should not be forced to suffer through intractable pain until their body finally dies. Some terminally ill patients are in terrible pain and have a very poor quality of life, and they would rather end it as opposed to living life in a way that they would not enjoy. Another reason I support the legalization of euthanasia is that suicide is a legal act (in most places) that is theoretically available to all, and if a person is immobilized in a hospital bed they would not be able to exercise this option, either due to mental or physical limitations. I believe they are being more or less discriminated against because of their handicap, and I think that they should be allowed to commit suicide just like any healthy person.
             Another argument is that in North America for example, tens of millions of people of people do not have healthcare coverage, and economically cannot afford to buy painkillers, and because many doctors withhold the appropriate amount of painkillers because they are afraid the patients may become addicted to the drugs that argument is made stronger. In today's times medical funding is restricted and continually being reduced, so if the money being spent on prolonging the life of a terminally ill person against their will would be used for infant care for example, it could save lives and improve the long-ter
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