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The Euthanasia Controversy

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The constant debate on the legality of assisted suicide has been at large for many decades, this procedure has many benefits to the patient’s and to the family of said patient’s but with the benefits also comes the downfalls to a procedure as delicate as assisted suicide. Assisted suicide can lessen the amount of expenses on the people taking care of the ill patient. Ending one’s life with dignity will help loved ones with the grieving process. If the effected patient is in a tremendous amount of pain they should be allowed to decide whether or not to continue in it. Assisted suicide/ Euthanasia should be acknowledged as legal for patients that have been diagnosed with a terminal illness that may result in a tremendous amount of pain and discomfort. Assisted suicide will lessen the amount of expenses on the people taking care of the ill patient. This decision would shorten the patient’s time in the hospital which would evidently lessen the cost of bills afterward. The machines that help keep the patient’s alive are very expensive and could put the care takers in much debt. The expense of assisted suicide would ultimately be less than keeping the patient alive until they finally pass on, considering the drugs used in this operation cost approximately 300$. (Coleman) When one examines how legalization affects the vast majority of society the dangers to the many far outweigh any alleged benefits to a few. This is dangerous to the thousands of people whose health care costs the most, mainly people living with a disability, the elderly and chronically ill. It has been feared that once the practice of EAS (euthanasia/ assisted suicide) in competent patients is allowed, this may lead to a practice of EAS with incompetent patients; the road to EAS would turn into ‘a slippery slope’ (Muller). Legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia could possibly lead to many different conflicts, there is always to question of what level of coh

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