In USA, Gallup Poll survey showed that 60% of Americans supported euthanasia. Attempts to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide resulted in political polls and legislation debates within the United States from 1990. For example, some states in North America passed up the legislation of the rights such as, Washington voters saw Ballot Initiative 119 in 1991, California placed Proposition 161 on the polls in 1992, Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act in 1994, and Michigan included Proposal B in their polls in 1998. This shows that Euthanasia has been supported for the past 2 decades and all living brothers and sisters agree with me that everyone has the right to decide their lives.
One case study from the UK tells of a 43-year-old woman, known as Miss B after she was granted anonymity. She was described by the judge Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss as “a splendid person and it is tragic that someone of her ability has been struck down so cruelly”. Miss B, who was paralysed last year after a blood vessel burst in her neck, and she could only breathe with the aide of a ventilator. She said it had left her with an "unbearable quality of life" and doctors have told her there was only a 1% chance of recovery from paralysis. As part of the ruling Dame Elizabeth gave Miss B the right to be transferred to another hospital that would treat her according to her wishes "and permit her life to end peacefully and with dignity". More than a month later Miss B died peacefully in her sleep after proving/ her right to have all artificial ventilation withdrawn. Miss B’s solicitor, Francis Swaine, said: “This case is really about choice and the ruling is a confirmation of the right of all patients with capacity, however severely disabled, to be able to choose whether to accept medical treatment or to refuse it.”
Opponents of euthanasia may disagree, and argue that allowing euthanasia will greatly increase the risk of people who want to live being killed. The danger of violating the right to life is so great that we should ban euthanasia even if it means violating the right to die. In addition to Miss B’s case study, many pro-life groups argued however it gave the wrong message to the physically handicapped but I strongly disagree with this and I believe you do too, since it only reaffirmed the rights that already exist in law, that we all has the right to refuse medical treatment so long as they have the mental capacity to do so. I mean would you want somebody to accuse you of murder when you are in excruciating pains? Would you want someone to charge you millions of dollars just because they doesn’t think euthanasia is the right thing? Would you even want to live a life in pain and you can’t actually do anything? You have the right to die and decide your life sentence. The choice is all yours. We must act immediately.
Behind one’s mental capacity, lies the notion that human beings are independent biological entities, with the right to take and carry out decisions about themselves, providing the greater good of society doesn't prohibit this. But even if there is a right to die, that doesn't mean that doctors have a duty to kill, so no doctor can be forced to help the patient who wants euthanasia. Those in favour of euthanasia will argue that respect for this right not to be killed is sufficient to protect against misuse of euthanasia, as any doctor who kills a patient who doesn't want to die has violated that person's rights. In Miss B’s case study, Roger Goss, director of Patient Concern, said: "Patients must be allowed to decide what makes an acceptable quality of life. It is their experience. They know how they actually feel, their beliefs, values and priorities. Doctors are good judges of patients' best medical interests. But that is only a part of what is involved in deciding whether life is worth living.” In my opinion, doctors may be a good source to prove the terminally illness of the patients but they should not the people who consult the life of the patient .
In the nutshell, I believe euthanasia is the desire of individuals to choose to die with dignity when suffering, so with you, we can assure that every person has the right to control their body and life and so should be able to determine at what time, in what way and by whose hand they will die. Human rights prove the legislation of Euthanasia.
