The Positive And Negative Effects Of Euthanasia On Society

Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a person’s life to relieve pain and suffering. In my opinion, euthanasia is a positive option for patients to be able to choose because it helps rather than harms them. Life should be a matter of choice, nobody should be able to decide how long you live or what you do with your body. Medicine and machines are extending people’s life spans when they should be dying or already dead. No one should have to suffer in extreme manners when they are terminally ill. Even though many individuals believe Euthanasia has negative effects on society it has positive effects because of Quality Vs. Quantity, freedom to choose and medical cost.

The quality of life is the standard of health, comfort and happiness

Everyone should be given the freedom to choose when they die as well as any other personal choice. “The decision should not be regulated by lawmakers who are healthy and do not understand the mindset of a terminally ill individual. This decision is a personal one, protected by a person’s right to privacy and right to live, and die, on his or her terms” (“Euthanasia: a personal choice of inalienable rights”). Euthanasia is not wrong, it’s simply a personal choice. Something so particular to one’s life should not be decided by another who has no idea of the patients emotions. The freedom of choice is important because each person should know what it is like to experience a peaceful death. No one needs to go through extra procedures just to drag out their life a couple months or years when they are not even able to do everyday tasks. “In January of 1973, The U.S. Supreme Court, i a 7-2 decision, confirms the legality of a women’s right to have an abortion under the fourteenth amendment to the constitution. The decision to terminate life at both ends of existence is always cast as “right to choose” (“Roe v. Wade Fast Facts”). If women can choose to eliminate the life of their own children and it be a choice for them, why can’t a patient who is incurable from a disease choose their time to die? There is really no logical explanation for abortion to be legal in the United States and for Euthanasia

“One out of every four Medicare dollars, over $125 billion, is spent on care near the end of life. Last year Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients’ lives” (“Cutting the High Cost of End-of-Life Care | Money”). Yes, the medication and machines do work for a certain period of time to increase the length of life but they will not last forever. A patient that is in intensive care unit bed cost at the least $2,000 to $4,000 a day and depending on their condition it can be much higher. The entire situation is outrageous as to how much families have to pay just for them to live a couple months longer. “Every medical study ever conducted has concluded that 100 percent of all Americans will eventually die, this comes as no great surprise” (“The Cost of Dying: End-of-Life Care”). This is proof that no human lives forever, everyone dies at some point during their lifetime. Therefore, there is no point in trying to get extensive amounts of time with your family member who is in poor condition. Doing so would be a very selfish act on your part. The price for any medical method to allow a person to live longer is absolutely scandalous.

Quality vs. Quantity, freedom to choose, and medical cost are all examples of why more people should be for euthanasia instead of against. My point of view on euthanasia