Should Euthanasia be legalised?
Yes, it should be legalised:
- Euthanasia relieves patients from severe pain permanently. If a terminal patient faces a long, slow, painful death, surely it is much kinder to spare them from this suffering and allow them to end their life comfortably.
- Euthanasia curbs down the medical expenses of a country and the savings can be utilised in alternative developmental projects.
- Family and friends would be spared the pain of seeing their loved one suffer a long-drawn-out death.
- Death is a private matter and the state should not interfere with the individual's right to die.
No, it should be not legalised:
- There are several alternative approaches and options for people with terminal conditions or those experiencing intolerable suffering.
- Palliative care is an alternative to Euthanasia. Palliative care for terminal patients helps to relieve and prevent the pain and suffering of sick patients. It also makes the end period of their lives easier.
- As euthanasia reduces the medical costs, there is a risk that it may become a means of health care and contentment rather than a means of mercy killing.
- The unethical doctors and people can abuse this power, and even further reduce the value of human life.
