Euthanasia Case

Euthanasia

What would happen if you required a life support system in order to do the very basics in an average human’s life? What if your child was faced with a case of Pallister-Killian syndrome? This specific diseases leaves the child unable to perform any task on it’s own, leaving the parents responsible to perform all of the child’s basic needs. Even more so, the child’s life expectancy is no more than 20 years causing more pain for the parents in the long run. In cases like these, many people would argue that euthanasia should be legalized, however there are plenty of arguments why euthanasia should remain criminalized. For example, our medical advances have made sure that we are able to maximize patient’s lives, it devalues human life, and there is a "slippery slope" effect that could occur causing people to question “when do we draw the line?”

Several years ago, it was unimaginable to think we could find ways to treat diseases deemed terminal or causing a diminished quality of life such as cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease and many more. However, times have changed and the future is looking brighter than many thought was possible when it comes to research for cures to these diseases. The advancement in medical technology has enable doctors to better assess patients and administer them the drugs require for their survival. If someone were to follow through with the euthanasia procedure due to the diminished quality of life caused by an illness, it is more then plausible to believe that soon after the death of this individual, researchers would have found a treatment to improve the quality of life for this human or even a cure for the specific disease. Simply put, the death by euthanasia of this individual would be one that could have been entirely avoided.

Many people supporting euthanasia argue that as humans, we already find it acceptable to take someone’s life in the means of self-defense, so why could we not decide to take our own life? Point in fact; when a