Euthanasia Should Be Legal.

~Counterarguments~ 1. Third party influence My opponent is correct in saying that in some scenarios, a family member might persuade a patient to accept voluntary euthanasia, though the situation of a family member telling their conscious relative to commit suicide is something I rarely hear about. However, even if this were to happen, the patient is conscious and should be able to take into decision whether or not they are willing to go through an euthanasia procedure. If they are terminally ill, and their pain is unbearable, then they should have the right to pull the plug whenever they want. If they decide life isn't worth living for, then it is perfectly fine for them to do accordingly. If they did agree with their family member, then what of it? What is a life worth living when you have a few months left, and during those months all that entails is unbearable pain? Even if the family member were to figure out a way to gain some profit from it, it has nothing to do with the ethical situation of the patient's decision to accept voluntary euthanasia. It may LEAD to the patient to being more likely to accept the procedure, but this doesn't mean we should ban euthanasia. Mind you, for most if not all voluntary euthanasia procedures, this patient is under unbearable pain and/or is terminally ill. So it's not like family members (really corrupt ones at that) can try to find any excuse to persuade their relative to pull the plug; the patient would have to meet the requirements medically speaking. This requirement by itself limits the possibility of family members trying to profit from someone's death. 2. Corruption in the euthanasia system. Let's, for the sake of argument, state that a doctor is confronted by someone discreetly to perform an euthanasia procedure. However, I argue that by enforcing strict regulations and rules, a doctor freely euthanize a patient will be very difficult. By first having the patient qualifying medically, consensus would be also voiced by other doctors. Also, do remember that a voluntary euthanasia needs A REQUEST FROM THE PATIENT. A doctor can't get paid by some shady character and kill the patient; there has to be written consensus on the patient's part. ~Conclusion~ On the issue of the ethics of euthanasia, my opponent makes no argument so it seems fair to say that we both agree on the morality of this issue. He, as is evident, argues about the fallibility and foreseeable corruption if euthanasia were to be legalized. I have shown how doctor's can't secretly gain incentives from committing procedures, since it requires the PATIENT to request the euthanasia procedure. Family members could persuade (however likely this notion is) their relative to pull the plug, but many medical conditions would have to be met. And if such conditions WERE met, then there seems nothing wrong with the patient deciding to go through euthanasia anyway. Whether or not a family member gains money from this isn't an issue of ethics on part of euthanasia, but on the actions of the greedy family member. Make it noted, that my opponent has DROPPED his second contention; about how the government could possibly "warp" euthanasia into something horrid. I have successfully refuted that notion, and he hasn't brought it up in the 2nd Round.