Euthanasia - Do People Have the Right to Make the Choice of Dying?

There is a big controversy on whether people should have the right to die if they are in unbearable pain or should they be forced to exist in that state. According to the New Standard Encyclopedia, ("Euthanasia"E-253-254). Euthanasia is ending the life or permitting the painless death of an individual who is suffering from incurable illness and hopeless injury. The word euthanasia comes from the Greek and means "easy death" or commonly referred to as "mercy killing." Euthanasia has two different kinds passive and active. Passive euthanasia is the withholding or withdrawing of life-prolonging treatment for the terminally ill, allowing them to die naturally. Active euthanasia is the assisting of terminally ill individuals to end their lives and is sometimes called "assisted suicide." Passive euthanasia is legal in most places and active euthanasia is against the law in most countries and most all religions are opposed against it. In my opinion, people should have the right to end their life if they are in unbearable pain and they should not be forced to exist in that state. I'm for euthanasia and here is how I support my decision.

Do people have the right to make the choice of dying?

Of course people have the right to choose if they live or die when they are in unbearable pain and if they have a living will in place. A person that has cancer and that has hospice care and is getting morphine and other medication for pain if they choose to die, let them die so they do not have to suffer anymore. People in this condition will die eventually and often pray for death. I had seen my brother-in-law and my uncle die from cancer and all pain they had to suffer. It seemed all they wanted was for the pain to go away. If a person is in such a dramatically emotional state, and they choose to end their life by euthanasia or committing suicide, that is their right and no one has the right to tell them differently.

On the other hand, Should be people be forced to continue to live? I feel that a person that wants to die and has a living will should not be revived due to their wishes on dying incase of a terrible accident or terminal illness. As an American citizen you have violated their rights