Imagine you had a daughter who was in a horrible car accident. The only way
             she was able to stay alive was through being force - fed through a surgically
             implanted gastrostomy tube. She was oblivious to all her surroundings except
             reflexive responses to sound and possibly pain. Her brain was irreversibly
             degenerated and she was a spastic quadriplegic. Finally, she would live on in a
             permanent vegetative state. If this were all true, would you want her to live on,
             not knowing anything except for pain? This was the story of Joe Cruzan, whose
             daughter, Nancy, was denied euthanasia. After battling the courts for nine years,
             she was finally disconnected from her feeding tube and allowed to die. This
             scenario is a famous one out of many that people fear, a horrible, painful life and
             death. They also fear having virtually no life just like Nancy Cruzan. Because of
             this, to ensure peaceful deaths, many people turn to euthanasia and physician -
             assisted suicide (PAS). Unfortunately, it is illegal in most places, enraging both
             physicians and their ill patients. This leads both parties to resort to illegal
             procedures. For this reason, euthanasia should be legalized. It is unjust and
             inhumane to legally prolong the suffering of another human being.
             An argument often used by those against euthanasia is that it is the "law"
             by which all physicians and medical practitioners should abide by. Most people
             believe that the Hippocratic Oath which doctors take is the standard for all
             medical practices as to what is ethical and what is not. The truth is it is not
             required by most medical schools to take the oath. In fact, very few of physicians
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