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Should euthanasia be legalized?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
Someone who is terminally ill may consider suicide. Euthanasia is the most humane way for them to end their life.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
In Queensland, Australia,
seven
terminally ill patients take their own lives every month. Euthanasia could be a more humane process for those people.
Pro claim 2, children below
Euthanasia is less stigmatizing than other methods of ending one's life.
Pro claim 3
Euthanasia is safer than people attempting suicide. Failed suicide attempts can significantly worsen the survivors' quality of life.
Con claim 1
Notions of what constitutes the "most humane" death are subjective. Some may consider dying, while being treated with the maximum level of medical care, to be the most humane death possible.
Con claim 2
Given the stigma and the difficulty of going through with the act, few terminally ill people actually commit suicide. Legalizing euthanasia could lead to more people choosing to end their lives than otherwise would.