Euthanasia Revised Draft

What is euthanasia? Well “eu” comes from the Greek language that means “good” and “thanatos” means death. It is the intentional killing of a human being for his or her benefit. There is a lot of controversy when it comes to euthanasia and not just for euthanizing a human being. Is it legal? Should it be legal? To what extent is it ok to euthanize and human?
There are only two kinds of euthanasia that are legal. Non-voluntary euthanasia which is when a person is killed and made no request or was gave no consent. For example, a person is on life support and a loved one makes the decision to take them off of life support is non-voluntary euthanasia. The second type of euthanasia that is legal is euthanasia by action; this is intentionally killing a person by giving them a lethal injection. This type of euthanasia is most common for people on death row. So now that you know which types of euthanasia are legal, should they be?
Euthanasia is a very controversial subject. Some people believe that no matter what euthanasia should not be legal, while others believe it should be. People who are against euthanasia are generally firm believers in God and think that he is the only one who should be able to decide when the life of someone should be taken. Those who believe euthanasia should be legal usually do so because of the death penalty. It is the first thing that comes to their mind and say, “If that person took the life of an innocent person, theirs should be taken too” or “an eye for an eye.” Along with that they also say stuff like, “It’s cheaper to kill someone than to keep them alive for the rest of their lives.” That is a false statement; it is cheaper to keep someone alive for the rest of their life than to kill them. Well now that you know why humans believe or don’t believe in euthanasia when it comes to humans, what about animals?
It’s legal to euthanize a horse, dog, cat, and any other type of animal, but when it comes to euthanizing a human being it’s a big controversial issue. We don’t let our animals suffer. If the horse has a broken leg, if the dog or cat has cancer, we put them down. We do not let them suffer. We cannot stand to see them in pain. But we sit back and watch our loved ones die in agony, some of the most painful deaths. I’m not saying make every type of euthanasia legal, but we let our pets have a peaceful death, shouldn’t our loved ones too?
I think there is only one type of euthanasia that should be legal. Voluntary euthanasia is when the person who was killed has requested to be killed. It should only be done if the person has been told that they do not have much time left to live, they are in excruciating pain, and the doctor feels that they are competent enough to make their own decision. If the patient does not fit into all of these reasons euthanasia should be out of the question. As far as non-voluntary euthanasia, I do not believe in it because you are taking a life without their consent. I think the only person in the world who can decide when to take a life is God and on the extreme occasion of being terminally ill, a person should be able to decide whether they want to live or die. I don’t believe euthanasia by action is appropriate either. Yes, they committed a brutal crime and they should be punished for it, but not by taking their life even if they took another person’s life. I don’t believe you’re doing any good by taking their life; you’re probably just putting them out of their misery but not letting them sit in jail for the rest of their lives. Besides if it is cheaper to keep them alive, why not? Why go and spend money to kill them when it’s cheaper to keep them alive?
Personally I think people need to research the facts instead of just saying, “Kill somebody that should definitely be illegal.” People jump to conclusions not knowing the facts. I think it’s a simple decision after reading about euthanasia. If it’s not voluntary euthanasia, its murder.