"Euthanasia: The Right to Die"
             What does life hold for a person living only by the technology of a life support machine? When the potential for desirable, meaningful life has been exhausted and every effort made to prevent the inevitable, it should be legally possible to show mercy to those requesting euthanasia. There are many reasons for this. Someone lying on a hospital bed, waiting for the end, may desperately want to commit suicide but physically cannot. Some people suffering intolerable pain push aside their want for euthanasia because they know the legal complications to family and intervening doctors. Also, it is compassionate to fulfill the requests of loved ones wanting to end their agony. Euthanasia, under the right circumstances, must simply be made legal.
             When you are going to die in a matter of months and are too sick to even commit suicide on your own, what do you do? You do not want to fade slowly and painfully into death. You want a doctor to intervene and end your misery. As you know, it is currently illegal to do this and your only option is a slow and agonizing death. Euthanasia would be a blessing to these poor people suffering excruciating pain and begging to die.
             Many people are lying on their deathbed, terminally ill and awaiting their demise. Some do not want to suffer and slowly slip away. They want intervention to end their misery. They disregard these feelings because they know the complications to their loved ones if they are assisted in death. Some life insurance companies will not compensate the family of those who commit suicide or are assisted in suicide. Doctors or family who assist in euthanasia are usually charged with murder. An example of this is Canadian Robert Latimer, who was recently sentenced to at least ten years in prison for killing his severely disabled and suffering daughter. He was shown compassion by the Canadian public and even the jurists that convicted him. Sadly, ...