Should human euthanasia be legalised in the UK?

[-:Undertaker:-]

People who have lost ability to use their body have every right to die, their quality of life is gone, they rely on twenty four hour care - good on him, his life was ruined - he has gone from a healthy rugby player to a basic vegtable and he chose to end it on his own terms and good on him.

He experienced it all, it is not up to you or to any government to tell him his life is worth living when he knows it is not. They are sad stories but it happens, and it should always be down to the individual to take that choice.

[alexxxxx]

i'm not totally sure because i think that the patient should have the right to terminate their life in long-terminal cases but i think it could be abused and that those who aren't that ill will be pressured by families who need their inheritance to kill themselves off early.

[RandomManJay]

At the person who said suicide is legal - no it's not. It's illegal but as Lucy said above, how can they prosecute someone who has committed suicide?

People who attempt suicide are usually sectioned or given some sort of medical treatment (by law).

Euthanasia should be legal but only in the terms that the person is going to die anyway of a fatal illness such as cancer meaning that they could escape the painful death and only miss out on a few months.

What I disagree with is people like that Rugby player who got paralised and then went to Switzerland to die. People who are paralised can rebuild their lives.

Suicide isn't illegal, but by law people who fail to successfully commit suidice are introduced to medical programs and treatments ('sanctioned' or 'sectioned' depending on which section is used within the Mental Health Act), depending on the contexts, a person can choose whether to stay or be discharged from these treatments, then again they can also be forced into these treatments which only their doctor can allow their discharge). They have not broken the law and it is not illegal, the actions of sanction/sectioning are used for the purpose of protecting the lives of the individual and others connected to them, similar to why euthanasia is not legal, but due to the individuality of the decision and action of the failed suicidal person, it isn't illegal.

Quadriplegics and paraplegics can rebuild their lives, but in many cases, they're lives are siginifcantly altered, quadriplegics only live around 10-15 years after their injury and that life is nothing more than living in a shell that requires constant bathing and dressing and feeding, some people can live through this and in some cases recover, but some can't, it should be the person's right to end their life as their life will be significantly altered and psychologically traumatising. By this, people should have the right to kill themself regardless of their limitation and future fatality. If anyone is incapable of committing suicide by themself for their physical limitations, reserves the right to be assisted.

[Nxrissa]

i think it should be legalised.
we were doing about it in ethics and especially if someones in pain or dieing from a disease. why make someone suffer ?

[WizingWiz]

I'm PRO choice with everything,

however, they're are some issues with people committing forms of murder, and use this as a cover in some way...

If someone can set someone up for murder
someone could set it up to look like euthenasia,
but actually have murdered them

thats why I think the government don't want it..

Cause one, they will have more deaths on they're hands,
more cemetrys to build,
banks will have to pay more in life insurance,
the death to birth ratio will become closer, rather than like 10 births to every death as it would be now..

There's many reasons the government don't want it, not just cause they want to control our lives

But that's just my opinion

Wiz

[VirtualG]

If you believe animals should be put down when their in pain but humans cant then you are a hypocrite. Therefore, the UK government is a hypocrite If someone is in pain the should be able to do so. But if youre a religious person you may see this as suicide, and therefore, seeing it as the ultimate sin. But religion, to me, is a load.