This would only be the case if legalizing euthanasia allowed physicians to perform the procedure on any terminally ill patient. This is not what legal euthanasia entails.

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Pro: Legalizing euthanasia intends to give the patient a choice to end their life painlessly under very specific conditions. However, euthanasia is by no means the recommended outcome.

Should euthanasia be legalized?

This would only be the case if legalizing euthanasia allowed physicians to perform the procedure on any terminally ill patient. This is not what legal euthanasia entails.

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Legalizing euthanasia intends to give the patient a choice to end their life painlessly under very specific conditions. However, euthanasia is by no means the recommended outcome.

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This would only be the case if legalizing euthanasia allowed physicians to perform the procedure on any terminally ill patient. This is not what legal euthanasia entails.

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Legalizing euthanasia intends to give the patient a choice to end their life painlessly under very specific conditions. However, euthanasia is by no means the recommended outcome.