The document discusses the issue of euthanasia and whether it should be legal or illegal. It notes that while some argue euthanasia should be allowed to relieve suffering, others believe it undermines the value of life and could be open to abuse if legalized. The document outlines arguments on both sides, including that euthanasia may allow death with dignity for those in pain, but it may also reduce the role of doctors and become difficult to properly regulate without unintended consequences like misuse or making killing too easy. Overall, the document suggests there are good arguments on both sides and finding a solution is complex given different religious and ethical views.

1. “ EUTHANASIA - SHOULD BE LEGAL OR NOT?”
Life is the most expensive and luxurious gift that has ever been gifted by God to the
creatures of this planet. Even in that we, the Homo sapiens sapiens, have been blessed
with unique qualities like no other creature or species have. This is a fact that all the
creatures are mortal and everyone has to die one day but then the life is equally beautiful
and we need to sustain and strive till the time we can.
But some people are not so lucky to exist and survive in this materialistic world due to
reasons like severe and fatal diseases, unbearable torture, endless sufferings and pain
that can not be subsided according to them and so they decide to end their lives. This
tends rise to a term called as Euthanasia.
Euthanasia is the practice of termination of life and choosing death for self in order to
subside and relieve from pain and sufferings. It may be Voluntary in which the victim
demands for death of self and the other one is Non-voluntary in which others demand for
death of the victim. The Voluntary Euthanasia is legal in some of the nations like U.S,
Canadian Provinces etc but Non-voluntary Euthanasia is always considered as murder
and hence illegal everywhere.
The point is how much justified and viable is it to consider Euthanasia as legal or illegal
looking into the facts that it is both voluntary as well as Non-voluntary.
This may have both the virtues depending upon the situation and prevailing
circumstances. It can be considered as legal and hence be allowed as:
1. Death of dignity: Those people who are suffering from unbearable pain heed for
death as they want to die in dignity rather than in suffering. Nobody can imagine the
pain that they are into and hence if they demand for death to get relieved form pain
that is justifiable.
2. Government regulation: It is possible that if made legal, Euthanasia can be misused
in wrong and disruptive senses by many people but if there are strict laws governing
to the subject of it’s applicability, I think it would be controlled and safely
implemented for those who need it.
3. Patient’s choice: It may also be considered as a will of a patient to plead to die
looking into the prospect that there is nothing live in his/her life than to die and get
peace forever.

2. But now by all means death of a person who is living due to his wish or plea or someone
else’s request all sounds very much unethical and unjustified. How can anyone ask for
death ? Who has the right to grant the permission? As several such points strike in the
mind and it should not be therefore legalized keeping in mind the fact that:
1. Alternatives other than killing: For patients who ask for death, there may be and in
fact there are a no. of alternatives available for the treatment of their diseases and merely
killing is not essential. We can definitely opt for those options and help him/her lead a
better life.
2. Doctor’s role would become very insignificant: In the case of it’s legality, Doctors
would easily make it a decision at will and they will judge if a patient’s illness is curable
or not and if he should live or die.
3. It will become uncontrollable: How better and controlled you try to monitor and
govern it but it would become beyond controls as people will follow it all unethically and
in wrong sense as well.
4. Killing will become an easy job: If made legal, then killing people will become a much
easy job and it will lead to loss of lives at regular intervals all over. The society will fear
from people and law both and genocide will also prevail.
In some way or the other we can come at both conclusions as different people from
different religion think differently on the issue. Some say it should be legalized rest say
it’s a crime but the basic thing lies in the fact that life is not such an easy game to finish
just like that and hence the concerned authorities, people and everyone should just think
upon it seriously. The other way out is that patients who suffer can’t describe the pain in
words and hence they demand for a peace by death. We must come to a common
conclusion that can set the myth apart and bring down some real solution to this.