Euthanasia

[Ganyu]

I am pro-euthanasia for people who wish to end their lives. I find it absurd that doctors can be charged, in some countries like Britain, for assisted suicide. I mean if the patient did not consent and was unwilling, then by all means label the doctor as a murderer. But if the patient themselves gave the green light, why does the doctor have to be penalized for helping someone in suffering and misery? (I don't even find any logic in making suicide illegal. What are they going to do? Execute a corpse?)

As for involuntary euthanasia, I believe it falls into the same gray area as whether the death penalty should be abolished. IMHO, I think euthanasia is a merciful and less barbaric method of execution as not only is the executioner saved from the strain and guilt of having to kill people, but it's painless for the criminal (and therefore more humane).

I can completely understand people who are against euthanasia especially if they had to make that decision for family members and were unable to let their kin die. My family has been through that before; my grandmother asked to be euthanized after a week in hospital (I guess it was easy for her to make up her mind, given that she was close to 90). But I think it's a matter of respecting individual choice and letting go/moving on.