Wouldn't it be nice to die peacefully and not suffer? It's bad enough to die, but to go through a lot of pain before dying would just be miserable. Euthanasia, or mercy killing, is the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals, human or animal, in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy. Euthanasia helps ease the pain of the hopelessly suffering.
             Pain, doesn't that send shivers down your spine when you think of what it causes. Does it make you feel sorry for someone lying there on their death bed suffering? How does it make you feel when they ask you to just let them die? Don't you wish you could ease their suffering a different way? What about someone who has no hope of living, and they're lying there unable to speak because they're in so much pain? I know it breaks my heart to see anything in pain. I wish there was no pain in this world, but there is. There are different ways to cope with pain. Some people take medicine, some just say it's all in their head and if they don't think about it then it doesn't bother them.
             What about all those people lying in their death beds suffering? Yeah medicine is keeping them alive, but is that any way to live. All they do is lie there, not being able to move. I know I wouldn't want to live like that, I would want to die.
             Is it murder when a dying patient willingly asks you to take their life? To some people it is, but the law states that "doctors could withdraw treatment from terminally ill patients so long as the patient is willing" "The Right to Die". What about someone who can't say that they wish to die? The law states that "when a patient cannot consent to withdraw treatment, then the family has the right to make the decision" "The Right to Die". Diane Collinson states that:
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