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The Pros And Cons Of Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide

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Euthanasia and assisted suicide is an issue all over the world, and each country has to answer the difficult question time and time again: Should it be Legalized? Though Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are different practices, they both achieve the same purpose. Euthanasia is defined as “the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma” using a lethal injection, while assisted suicide is a prescribed medicine. Euthanasia was first urged in the United States around 1930. In 1938, the New York Times introduced the Euthanasia Society of America, and by 1939 they had already drafted a proposed law that permitted euthanasia but failed. Much later, in 1988, was the first attempt
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