Speech On Euthanasia

Prompt - Write a speech as doctor vouching for the legalisation of euthanasia directed at the anti-supporters of euthanasia.

Choose to end your life… No, it’s not suicide

The year of 2008 was revolutionary for the Netherlands. It marked a new beginning and gave terminally ill patients a new sense of hope. The Netherlands was the first country to legalise an act that would and can help thousands of people today evade the misery and sufferings of having to pull through until they can’t hold on anymore. Euthanasia can be life changing. The majority of us today do not understand the significance behind passing this bill. We don’t understand what it feels like to step into the shoes of a chronically ill human. We don’t understand their pain and

Religion has been one of the most counteracting arguments for euthanasia till date. You might say it clashes with religion and beliefs and it is against their culture to disrupt God’s way of life. You might say it is ‘suicide’. Euthanasia is not suicide. By attempting to commit suicide you become a part of activities that is considered a crime by most countries worldwide. By doing so, you are attempting a harsh action ‘constructed’ by non-constructive thoughts. Administering euthanasia is a mercy killing that relieves a person from pain and suffering. Greek philosophers too believed in euthanasia but criticised suicide. Suicide is an act of cowardice. Euthanasia is philosophical and takes place only after much consideration and thought by everyone assisting the patients and the patients themselves. It is not only suicide that has been compared to euthanasia. There a websites that categorise euthanasia as a form of homicide where the doctor is the murderer and the patient is the ‘unfortunate’ victim upon whom injustice had been evoked - even though the patient decided to end their lives with dignity this way. And after someone ends their lives with the aid of euthanasia, the family is criticised for having let their loved one take their one life. Sometimes I feel we need to break loose from our beliefs that have been blinding us and look at the situation through the eyes of the patient. Look at the situation

When her caretakers and her family decided to appeal a judge to carry out euthanasia on her to rid her of her sufferings, the appeal of was decline. She lay in that coma until pneumonia snatched her life away. All possible resources at the hospital was used to try and get her out of the coma. But, all their efforts were in vain. After all those years of trying and failing to help her, she ended her life having to suffer the dreadful pneumonia before she moved on. Was it fair that she had to suffer? Was it fair to keep her family blinded by hope? Everyone was living in the shadows of hopefulness, wishing to succeed a seemingly impossible