I strongly agree that Euthanasia must be legalised in Australia. People who are terminally ill are repeatedly told that they only have several months or years to live. People have the rights to choose whether they end their life with dignity and peace or choose to live a life of misery and agony. Case studies show that more than 80 percent of Australians in opinion polls say that they would like to legalise euthanasia to relieve patients from pain and distress. In 1973 the Netherlands have effectively permitted voluntary euthanasia. Their studies have shown that there was no evidence of any actions that had led to disaster or catastrophe and without any doubt the frequency of ending a life without explicit patient request has not increased over years of study. Research shows that if Australia legalised euthanasia the frequency of patient request to end their lives would not have either been increased over the years of study.
Professor Campbell from Oregon State University had further investigated of what common
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Family members are also affected during this tough decision whether to end this distraught and excruciating pain or to stay alive but in distress and depression. Why are we forced to live under these strict laws? Why aren’t we allowed to end the excruciating misery and pain? This is our country, we should have rights to choose whether to end our lives or continue on with this convulsion and agony for the rest of our lives. Just take a moment and think about how the person having to suffer every day of their life in dreadful, horrid pain and agony just to stay alive another day. People live in fear and terror knowing that for the rest of their lives, they will have to suffer this excruciating pain and sorrow. How would you feel if you knew that for the rest of your life time you would have to experience excruciating pain and