what are the advantages of euthanasia?

Answer 1

I think the reason people have such a huge problem with euthanasia is because of the genocide it could lead to. Hitler originally titled his eradication of the Jews euthanasia, but we know how that turned out. I believe that morphine is a type of euthanasia and I think that is a good use of mercy killing, personally. But again, euthanasia and genocide have been characteristically tied hand in hand.

Answer 2

I wish they'd find a different word. Euthanasia has too close a mental connection with putting sick or unwanted dogs to sleep. I think of all the human rights w e should claim as inalienable, top of the list ought to be the right of any person of sound mind to make the decision to end his own suffering associated with some disease that is incurable and/or progressive. How can anybody feel it right to force another person to go on - not living but existing - with horrible pain and misery? I know that if I were to get diagnosed with some condition that was going to get steadily worse and little by little rob me of every single mental and physical ability associated with any enjoyment of life - I would darn sure open that door and go through it myself while I still had the means to do it without help.
Sadly, there are so many people who have reached that point, or had something happen to them quite suddenly, where they are physically incapable of ending their own suffering. They beg a doctor, or a close loved one to help them, but you can't, however much you want to, or you are likely to end up in prison for life yourself. Religion plays a huge role in our social attitudes towards what we now call "euthanasia". That is wrong, because it is the intrusion of the beliefs of others into YOUR life and your decision-making. If I am so incapacitated, and so miserable, and in so much pain that I do not want to continue, knowing that it can never get better, only worse, why is it against the law for a doctor or loved one, at my request to assist me in leaving this world?
I'm tired of hearing people talk about it being wrong to "play God". Doctors "play god" all day long, treating, operating on, and generally altering the course of physical ailments that left alone would kill that person. If "God" is supposed to make the decisions about when a person should live or die, how is it we are only interfering with "God's wishes" when we help somebody to die, but evidently not when we do something that removes whatever it was they're afflicted with, and stops it from killing them.

Answer 3

Benign euthanasia has existed for decades in the US.
Usually it occurs in a hospital setting where a person is terminal. Many times they are given high dosages of medication like Morphine to decrease their breathing and shorter term to death!

As far as legal euthanasia? Why is it America so disrespects their elderly? They don't in Japan or many other countries!

There are no advantages as it is illegal and too easily abused!

Answer 4

If you've been diagnosed with a terminal illness, then euthanasia is one way of bringing your life to a dignified end, without having to go through weeks and months of suffering.
Euthanasia should be made legal.

Answer 5

If you are terminaly ill and doctors don't give any chance of survival...........and what ever you have is painful and frustrating to stay alive. It would simply let you die without going through the suffering!

I know religion is involved and people believe that it is wrong to kill someone ahead of time but if you were on those people shoes you would be on their side, wouldn't you!! If not then let me torture you and at one point or another you will be asking that instead of me cutting you slowly and in every slit adding a bit of salt and lemon and a bunch of ants to just load a gun and shoot you!!!!

Well, the example is very self explanatory but because of religious believes I can see why people are against it!!! Just remember that you are not God and should let God decide on his own if that person who decided to be killed ahead of time does or not deserve to go to heaven, IF THERE IS A HEAVEN!! Also remember this is America and people have different religion belives and they have the right to believe in what ever they want and follow that belief wether you agree or not!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how I feel and stand!

Answer 6

I had that done to my 14 year old dog. He could not stand up anymore. It was advantageous because it put an end to his dire suffering. I also could not stand to do that. When I cried and held him, he looked up at me as if to say, it's ok, mommy, it's time to go.

For people - I would not want to be on life support for an extended period of time, for what? Hospitals get rich, my family goes broke and I never make it out alive, so who wins in that scenario? The doctors? The hospital?

Answer 7

I think the only advantage is if someone is in terrible pain and no way to be cured. But I think that taking ones life even in terrible pain, you may not finish what you are here for.

Answer 8

Mmmkay here you go -
- the most essential part in life is happiness and people who are terminally ill often dont have that so it puts an end to there suffering.
- everyone has the right to die and decide how to die.
- it can quickly and humanly end a patients suffering.
-it can help to shorten the grief and suffering of the patients loved ones.
- it would help others to face death if they realised they could die with dignity.
- it would help doctors if they knew of their patients intentions.

Answer 9

My gran just died in a horrific house fire which to me is one of the worse ways to go if I could have seen into the future ( which I know I cant ) I would have happily helped her die another way. And Cancer patients etc have the right to die in a dignified way.

Answer 10

Ending suffering.