FOR AGAINST

1. Many people endure long and painful 1. A doctor cannot draw up a list of
deaths from incurable illnesses. incurable illnesses; for example, patients
Euthanasia provides a way to relieve suffering from so-called incurable
extreme pain. diseases such as cancer frequently are
cured and live long, productive lives.
2. It frees up medical funds to help other
people. 2. If a physical suffering is a valid excuse
for cutting life short, then why not
3. The patient is the only person who can mental/emotional suffering as well?
judge when life has become too hard to
bear. 3. A request for euthanasia might be the
result of temporary depression.
4. If a patient is completely unable to
make a decision, doctors should be 4. Doctors do not always correctly estimate
allowed to make a recommendation and a patient’s power to recover; they should
then close relatives could take the final not have to make the terrible decision to
decision. kill a patient. This is a heavy
responsibility for relatives too. Some
5. Many unfortunate people are born with relatives might even misuse their power
severe physical and/or mental defects
for instance to inherit.
that mean they will never lead a normal
life and will be a huge burden to their 5. Many religions teach that it is wrong to
families. Relatives should have the right take away human life.
to opt for euthanasia in such cases.
6. We must respect all human life;
6. People should not be forced to stay otherwise, we may become like the Nazis,
alive. who had millions of people put to death
for imaginary "racial defects".
7. Euthanasia gives
people the ability 7. Physicians and other medical care people
to die with should not be involved in directly causing
dignity. death

8. Euthanasia devalues human life.