Euthanasia is one of the most controversial issues in today’s society. Also known as assisted suicide, physician-assisted suicide (dying), doctor-assisted dying (suicide), and more loosely termed “mercy killing”, Euthanasia basically means to take a deliberate action with the express intention of ending a life to relieve intractable suffering. Some interpret euthanasia as the practice of ending a life in a painless manner. Some others say that Euthanasia is immoral. For me, Euthanasia should not be legalized, just like murder does.
Doctors are people who we trust to save and cure us, we regard them as the people who have been trained to save our lives, but euthanasia gives doctors the opportunity to play the role of God. Killing someone is only the God’s right; none of the humans can be allowed to do this. That is why murder someone determined as a crime. A perfect example of an opportunist would be Dr. Jack Kevorkian, better known as "Dr. Death" who took advantage of his patients' sorrows and tragedies and murdered them. In fact, Kevorkian has helped more than 100 people commit suicide and not all of his patients were terminally ill. In addition, in the late 1980s the lunatic created a machine for murder, it was a "suicide machine" that allowed a person by pressing a button, to dispense a lethal dose of medication to himself or herself. Later, Dr. Kevorkian was sentenced to ten to twenty-five years in prison for second-degree murder for providing lethal injection to a seriously ill patient. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, however, is not the only example of a doctor who tried to "play God’s role".
Moreover, most religions teach their followers to believe that God must have a plan behind everything. If God did not kill the patient even though his suffering was severe and unbearable, God must have God’s own reason. Maybe God wanted him to be more patient and not easily give up or maybe God have a plan to make him recover although not in a short time. None of the humans knows when the death will come, except God.
People who agree with Euthanasia argued that let someone who is suffering from severe disease is only creating an economic burden. This is just wasting time and money on a situation that won’t get better. They also cannot endure to see the one they loved is suffering too long. I do not agree with this idea, because if they really love him, they will provide everything that he need to keep him alive, or even to cure him. Those reasons are not only vain; as a matter of fact those are very selfish.
For me, Euthanasia is something that should not be legalized. Legalizing it is just the same as legalizing murder. Life is a gift, not a choice. Practices such as Euthanasia violate this vital concept of human society.
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