Waiting For Death - An Argument for Legalized Euthanasia Every minute feels like a torturous eternity. He has been laying in this sparse room for months, losing track of for how long his misery has kept him medically imprisoned, away from the outside where life is pulsating. His days consist of the monoton beeping of the machines that are prolonging his suffering, only briefly interrupted by visits from various nurses. Days and nights have long stopped being distinctive, turning into one perpetual, agonizing blurr. None of the medical staff can stop the pain that suffocates his mind, none of them can ease his fight for every breath of air, and all of the people around him know that it is only going to get worse. He wishes to end this misery as it is is undeserving of the full life he once lived. Today, US law does not grant people like him the right to end a prolonged suffering and expenses of being kept alive. For these few reasons, people who are terminally ill, should have the right to choose euthanasia. …show more content…
They argue that people with mental disorders, such as depression would use euthanasia as a loophole for an easy suicide and other forms of abuse. In the book “The Limits of Freedom for Help in Dying” Derek Humphry states, “The reformed law must protect...society against abuse.” (Humphry 19) In other words, laws for the use of euthanasia should and can be carefully crafted to prevent non-voluntary euthanasia. One quote by Dave Anderson, “Any law or system can be abused, but that law and system can always be refined to prevent such abuse from happening.” (listland.com) Having and maintaining these laws will keep non-voluntary euthanasia from occurring, while restoring the right of self determination for those who are terminally ill and desperately desire to end their