A Right to Die Three months ago, before my grandmother passed away, she was living in a vegetative state at the hospital, being kept alive by machines. She could barely eat, breath, or complete other routine personal tasks. Numerous people see their family members and friends suffer from pain and wish for a way to put an end to their suffering. Euthanasia, also known as assisted suicide, is the solution to this problem. Because terminal patients suffer and are not expected to survive, euthanasia should be legalized in all states. Euthanasia, also known as assisted suicide, is currently illegal in most of the United States, except for California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington DC, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Montana (Cockeram 105). The first state to pass an anti-euthanasia law in the USA was New York in 1828 (Nordqvist 2). In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize euthanasia (Cockeram 107). Even though the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the federal constitution does not guarantee the right to assisted suicide in …show more content…
They claim that while healthy, people cannot estimate how they would feel when it is time to put the living will into play. Patients may change their minds, but be incapable of communicating that. They also believe in a slim chance for recovery. By taking someone off life support and disobeying their living will, we are taking away the chance of a longer life. Although some argue euthanasia is wrong, this medical practice is already being performed on animals. Whenever pets have cancer or have an irreversible sickness, the owners instinct is to put their pet down no matter how emotional it may be for the family. Instead of watching the pets suffer, they would rather help the pet out of its misery. Legalizing euthanasia in all states would allow for people to relieve the misery of friends and family if they are terminally