Euthanasia, or mercy killing, has been a controversial issue for many years. Although many people are strongly against such a practice, there is a growing demand to have it legalised. How far do you agree with euthanasia being made legal?

 Euthanasia, or mercy killing, has been a controversial issue for many years. Although many people are strongly against such a practice, there is a growing demand to have it legalised. How far do you agree with euthanasia being made legal?

A controversial proposal of making Euthansia, or mercy killing legal has been propounded by some, while others believe that this practice is inappropriate to be lawfully allowed. This makes it imperative to analyse both the sides of this debate, before delivering a justified conclusion.

To commence, this process can help the terminally-ill overcome their sufferings they have been facing and have lost all hope of recovering. Moreover, they spend many days in hospitals fighting the disease which increases the financial burden on their families and yet there is no surety of recovery. For instance, a boy in India was allowed to end the sufferings of four years of coma with no signs of recovery making the family free from the burden.

Besides this, this can also help the family to get emotional relief. Watching their beloved ones in pain and fighting for their life the  family members become emotionally vulnerable and feel miserable watching the torture on regular basis. Moreover, the kin can be relieved of the financial burden of having to keep their ailing member alive but with little hope of revival.  

However, there is a strong dissent regarding this act as it can lead to illegal use and fuel misuse. For instance, people may indulge in such acts just to get a hand over the property of terminally ill people on the pretext that they will not recover. In addition, life is a gift of god, and humans do not have any right to take it. 

In conclusion,I would say that this act should be discreetly used. In the cases where there are little chances of recovery it can act as a relief, but if used inappropriately, it may lead to severe consequences and abuse.

Euthanasia, or mercy killing, has been a controversial issue for many years. Although many people are strongly against such a practice, there is a growing demand to have it legalised. How far do you agree with euthanasia being made legal?

Euthanasia, or mercy killing, has been a controversial issue for many years. Although many people are strongly against such a practice, there is a growing demand to have it legalised. How far do you agree with euthanasia being made legal?

 

Ielts Essay - Euthanasia 

Permitting intentionally ending life of terminally ill or in vegetative state patients has always raised concerns among human rights activists. Even though some term this practice as justified, others express strong reservations. But, as per me, this issue needs a deep analysis, before being termed as justified, or unwarranted.

Allowing practice of euthanasia seems to be quite prudent, as per certain human rights proponents: sustaining people, who have been in a vegetative state since long, and stand little chance of  recovering, means unnecessarily imposing an extra financial burden on kith and kin of such individuals. Once the fact has been established that  it would be impossible to sustain such sick without expensive life support equipment, there is hardly any rationale behind keeping them alive. It would be merciful enough to let such patients perish and be relieved of their suffering.

A similar view is presented in support of this practice, for the extreme cases of the terminally ill – suffering from lethal and insurmountable medical condition. Keeping such sick people alive means subjecting them to excruciating pain and agony and extending their sufferings, and also making their close ones  desperate and hopeless. Legalizing clinically assisted death would help a great deal, in letting such people pass away in peace and without pain.

However, a school of thought vociferously ridicules such a proposal: they feel that declaring such a procedure legal is vulnerable to abuse and might result in gross misuse by certain next of kin, who are bound to benefit from such a practice, as in case of legal heirs, or spouses trying to be rid of their counterparts.

To conclude, although this is an extremely emotional issue that needs to be addressed carefully since it involves life of humans, and such a practice is prone to misuse, in extreme cases this proces should given a legal nod.