Resolved: The United States Federal Government should legalize Euthanasia.

Why I believe Euthanasia should be legalArgument 1: Personal Freedom and Liberty An individual has their liberty, which includes the right of their life. Since that rights belongs to him, he can do whatever he wishes with his rights, such as discontinuing his life if the reasons were justifiable. Proof of this is documented in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [1]The following lines confirm thisArticle 5 : No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.Article 19 : Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression In a typical situation, a person has been infected by a deadly disease. He is trapped in a hospital bed, with all sorts of medical equipment connected to him, unable to do anything. The only thing they can do is stay alive. They might be in terrible pain; he begs to have these machines disconnected so he can go home and live out whatever life he has left and die in peace. They does not want to endure the pain, but instead, . However, the doctors refuse because to turn off the machines would surely result in his death. According to a Statistic Brain Instistute [2], nearly 55% of terminally ill patients have died, because they were denied their rights of ending their own life. If a person decides that he wants to die, and someone does not think that this is a good decision, what right does the opposing person have to tell him that he cannot do this? It is clear that a patient's decision to ask for a cessation in treatment, reflecting his own preference for death rather than for a continuation of discomfort or suffering, must be respected, barring exceptional circumstances .I believe the least you can give someone who has already experienced so much pain and suffering is a dignified exit from this world and euthanasia can give them exactly that. It’s the patient’s choice, just like we respect others’ decisions in life, when it comes to death the same applies. Argument 2: Majority of doctors and the public are in favor of EuthanasiaAccording to the source I presented earlier, it states like 54% of medical practiioniers support Euthanasia. Also, public support is also very high. 86% support the terminally ill people. This also brings me to my other point, that well regulated Euthanasia has been proved to work, as it did in the state of Oregon. Argument 3: It worked in OregonThe US state of Oregon legalised physician-assisted suicide in 1998. During the first three years, only around 2 people a month used this to end their lives. This was partly because of the severe conditions that had to be satisfied before a request for euthanasia could be granted. Many rules have been put forth, to ensure the practice is tightly regulated to avoid mishaps. The following are the rules [3] patient must be resident in Oregon patient must be aged over 18 patient must make 2 oral and 1 written request for euthanasia there must be at least 15 days between the first and the last request patient must be terminally ill with a life expectancy of less than 6 months this prognosis must be confirmed by a second consultant physician both doctors must confirm that the patient is capable of making this decision both doctors must confirm that the patient does not have medical condition that impairs their judgement patient must self-administer the lethal medication Here is a source that provides some statistics. [4] As you can see, here is proof that regulations have worked in Oregon. The important one is that 0 regained consciousness after ingesting medication died of underyining illness. So it is safe to say that Euthanisia has worked in Oregon. Argument 5: Unnecessary ExpenseEuthanasia would allow doctors to care for patients who need immidiate care, and resources can be used more effiently to save their life. It makes zero sense that we shoud spend money to care for somebody who is asking to die. [5]Sources[1] http://www.ohchr.org...[2] http://www.statisticbrain.com...[3] http://euthanasia.procon.org...[4] https://public.health.oregon.gov...[5] https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org...