Euthanasia

The other day in class we spoke about euthanasia and recent events in my life made me think about it. In some countries Euthanasia is allowed but not in the United States. If someone discovers that they have a terminal illness that they will die from, they may feel like they just want to die now instead of dealing with the pain and imposing that suffering on their families. Families won't only suffer mentally but financially as well many times. No person would want to go from being able to take care of themselves to having to rely on doctors, nurses, family members, and maybe even machines to keep them alive. On the other end, the person may be depressed and decide to have a Physicians Assisted Suicide just in the spur of the moment. A person may want to not place the burden on their family or be seen in such a state. Think about people who are "brain dead" or "vegetables" who will never, ever recover and must live the remainder of their "life" on life support. I know that if I was that way and there was absolutely no chance I'd recover I would want my family to let me go. It would be more painful to watch me in that state than it would be to let me go and be able to accept my death. I feel that if euthanasis was allowed in America, the person whose choice it was would have to go throguh a lot of counseling in order to make sure that is what the person truly wanted, not depression talking. It is a gray area because everyone is different and so is each situation. It is hard to make a law allowing it when it is likely some people would just want to use it to commit suicide and others would want to use it to alleviate their pain and family's suffering. I don't think it will ever be allowed in the U.S. since there is way too many uncertainities.