Euthanasia

    At the moment, euthanasia is legal in some countries like Holland and Belgium, although this controversial topic is causing great debate amongst many people. 

    One of the main arguments for euthanasia is  it is wrong to keep people alive by using life support machines for example. In addition, it gives people the ability to die with dignity and relatives don't have to see their family member suffering a slow and painful death.

      On the other hand, people might recover from an illness or a cure could be found. Furthermore, the number of murders could rise with family members wanting to get their hand on inheritances. Euthanasia  could also be used against a person's wishes and their organs sold to make a profit.

       All in all, I am in favour of euthanasia as I think it is very hard for families and friends of a terminally ill patient who has no hope of getting better, to have to see them suffering. 

                                                                                                                     Alex Vidal Hiscock 2n Batx.B

What about euthanasia?

Nowadays, euthanasia is one of the most polemical topics in our society. Despite the gigantic development of medicine and new technologies, it seems like we will never be able to get the cure for every single disease in the world. Should these people who are living in pain due to an incurable illness have the right to decide if they want to live or not? Let's see what people think...

On the one hand we have all these people who agree with the practice of euthanasia. They think that their own opinion is the most important one when you have to decide whether you want to live or not. The main argument they give is that a whole life suffering in a deathbed, which is the case when euthanasia is more required, cannot be considered real life.

On the other hand we have detractors of the practice of euthanasia. They say that they claim the human right to live. Doctors don’t really like euthanasia because they have the feeling that they are killing someone. Others even appeal to religion, saying that God is the only one who can decide the end of someone’s life.

On balance, the variety of attitudes toward euthanasia makes this a polemical topic which is difficult to be solved. What is clear is that someone who has decided to put an end to his life has to feel totally hopeless. We never know how difficult such situations are until we are involved in them. So I would like to see how long all these “defenders of life” would last with a painful disease without being able to do anything…

Borja Pons Torres, 2ndB.