In Gregory’s blog, he takes the stance that euthanasia should not be an allowed medical practice because “life is too valuable to end sooner than its suppose to, and also people can make remarkable comebacks from being extremely sick”. I partially agree with him on this one; I do believe that a person should live their life to its fullest, but on the other hand, if they are in so much pain and the only thing keeping them ticking is a machine, euthanasia should be an option. There’s a point when an illness becomes untreatable and that the patient is no longer in a state of, quote unquote, living. There are those rare cases that Gregory mentioned, though, when a patient remarkably comes out of the illness; the chances of this happening are very slim.
This is what I think: if the patient is coherent and can still live without the help of life support, euthanasia should not be an option, even if it’s in the patient’s wishes to die. Here’s why; when a patient is on the verge of death, they often fall into a state of depression which will mar their thinking. Now, if the patient is only being kept alive by life support and nothing can be done to fix the problem (such as, not surgeries or other procedures) then euthanasia should be allowed an option. I have one exception to this, if the patient is in a coma, it becomes difficult because there is no way to tell if when or if they will ever come out of the coma.
As of right now, euthanasia remains a prime scientific debate around the world. Many opinions and stances should be taken into account before making euthanasia an option for patients of the verge of dying.
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