The debate over euthanasia has never been more extreme than it is today. Physician assisted suicide is characterized as an intentional demonstration attempted by one individual with the plan of consuming the life of someone else to assuage that individual's misery and where the demonstration is the reason for death (Moreno 45). Most believe that physician assisted suicide is morally wrong and persuades people to end their life rather than deal with their problems. However, others are embracing “mercy killing” and believe that it is a right to one’s self. The debate over the legalization of euthanasia is one that will go on for many years. For the last twenty years or so, euthanasia has grown into a world phenomenon, rising from small …show more content…
Currently, doctors who treat fatal cancers and illnesses may give their patients drugs to create an at home death. Since this happens a lot, most feel like the legalization of euthanasia would persuade many to die by drug rather than commit to a bullet. Many people also believe that legalization would turn the world into a homicide-happy machine where shotguns and bullets are replaced by pills and potions. Through many studies and statistical data this false accusation is proved otherwise. About three thousand people look to euthanasia each year in the Netherlands. This many seems like a tremendous number, it actually only accounts for two percent of all deaths in the country. Also, there is no surety that one will be accepted for the procedure. The system to achieve the “merciful death” is far more complex than one would think. Only about one-third of the applicants are accepted to be euthanatized. Also, the act is still considered to be a illegal unless it is performed by a experienced doctor that has the consent of the family and the patient. In a nutshell, the ability for a doctor to end a patient’s suffering in a liberal place like the Netherlands is almost impractical-nowhere near the belligerent society people make it out to