Euthanasia (pro-euthanasia)

             Euthanasia, today it means to "allow" someone to die, either at the hands of someone
             else, or at his or her own hands. Actually, euthanasia is a Greek word meaning "good death"
             or "happy death". Its intention surely was not suicide or assisted suicide. How has the
             meaning of this ancient word twisted? Could there exist a level of pain, so intense that
             suicide was the best way out? As the years come, this issue shall increasingly face us.
             Nevertheless, can Americans handle the fact of, "Life unworthy of life"? Only time will
             Ever since the advent of medical technology prolonging life, a physician's goal has
             been to keep the patient alive. Regardless of pain, a doctor would keep trying until death
             was eminent. Now we find ourselves asking, is there such a thing as life unworthy of life?
             Before recent medical technology, if you got an infection you either died, or recovered,
             unlike today where an infection is easily cured with antibiotic. The principles of the right
             to live and the right to die, or euthanasia, both revolve around the same concept, whether a
             patient should be allowed to refuse medical treatment that may prolong life. This category
             includes respirators, medication that may cause any pain, medication that may cause
             emotional damage, or cancer and terminally ill patients. Some people simply want to die, not
             for any medical reasons, but just because they feel that there life has no meaning left in
             In the United States, there are laws prohibiting physician assisted suicide or
             euthanasia. However, in most cases a comatose patient is allowed to be disconnected from a
             respirator, or cut off from food and water supply, without legal prosecution. In other
             countries, euthanasia is permitted only under strict rules and circumstances. The purpose of
             these rules is to prevent a movement to involuntarily include any one person or g...

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