Have you ever known an individual who was ridiculously ill? Constantly within the hospital only to end their life by passing away due to their severe illness. Could you imagine the pain that would've caused them to die due to their sickness attacking their body rather than to end their life by doing so in a more peaceful matter such as in their sleep? Euthanasia allows a way for a severely ill patient to permanently end their life in regards to the patient's wishes without and pain. Euthanasia has been highly debated within the United States ever since the late 1990's. Since then, the growing support for Euthanasia as severely accumulated. Due to the rise of supports of Euthanasia and other forms of it (such as Physician-Assisted Suicide) the United States have been considering legalizing the process throughout the nation. The United States should condone Euthanasia for the benefits it can bring to a patient, the extreme measures in which it can actually progress a hospital, and because of the US policy of bringing equality to all of its citizens. Euthanasia is significant to legalize because it would bring the United States to being a country that is one that provides justice for all its citizens, while also allowing for patients to not have to suffer through their illnesses.

The key idea to having Euthanasia is because it can actually benefit people. Euthanasia is advised and given only to those that are severely sick. Sickness can include a range from multiple illnesses such as Cancer, Lou Gehrig's Disease, ALS, tumors, paralyzation of the body, etc. All though these conditions differ from one another the one thing they have in common is these illnesses all contribute to leaving a patient in a critical state of matter. The critical state of matter would be in which a patient can't take care of their selves. Such as if the patient gets so sick that it results to a patient's inability to care for oneself. Rather than a patient being able to care for oneself there is a need of a nurse to assist them with the simple things in life. Such as combing their hair, eating, bathing, getting dressed, or even using the bathroom. These simple things that patients were once able to do now proposes an inconvenience due to the fact that they can no longer do so because it causes their body to become so weak and so ill. Illnesses also cause a lot of pain to a patient's body. Such as cancer for example. Cancer doesn't have to be painful itself, but the treatments that come along with trying to suppress cancer can be.  Treatments such as chemo-therapy for example. Chemo-therapy is known to suppress cancer, but can be a very draining, brutal, and harmful process. Brittany Maynard was an individual who didn't want to endure the pain she knew her illness would cause her. Brittany Maynard was a woman who initially resided in California who packed her stuff and moved to Oregon (where Assisted-Suicide is legal, which is another form of Euthanasia) so that she can end her life due to her brain cancer. Maynard reported "I want to end my life peacefully, with my family by my side, and music playing in the background" (AJ+, "Brittany Maynard Renews Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia Debate").  Maynard didn't want to live life of misery, but rather rest in peace. She also stated, "I can't even tell you the amount of relief that it provides me to know I k won't have to die the way that's been described to me that my brain tumor would take me on it's own" (AJ+, "Brittany Maynard Renews Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia Debate).  Brittany realized that having a brain tumor was going to affect her in many different ways including a painful death. Euthanasia allows for humans to end their pain whether it's because they are tired of living with pain or because they don't want to die in pain. Other illnesses such as parlyzation of the body to a dreadful accident wouldn't necessarily be painful since the patient is indeed paralyzed, but still leaves the patient in a state that they most likely wouldn't want to deal with.  This is why Euthanasia benefits patients. Euthanasia would allow for patients to end their lives due to their conditions that leaves them in pain, the inability to care for themselves, the inability to move or basically anything that leaves them to having to live a devastating lifestyle. No human being is content when living these critical conditions. This is the reason why Euthanasia is seen as a reasonable act of justice for patients. Peggy Battin describes her personal experiences and reasons for opting for Euthanasia in her video "A Right to Die, A Will to Live" that was published in the New York Times. Peggy Battin was a young woman who became intrigued by Euthanasia after her husband survived through a bicycling accident. Although her husband did survive, her husband was left to be paralyzed throughout his body. This led him to having to go to numerous hospital visits and having to be cared for twenty-four seven due to the fact that he was paralyzed. Since he was unable to move he was in a state of being where he needed assistance to do everything. Peggy Battin, after her experience with her husband's accident, became pro-euthanasia. Before her husband's incident she wasn't a fan of Euthanasia. After witnessing what her husband been through she slowly began to see and feel sympathy for why people actually considered Euthanasia as a good thing. Peggy Battin then started to do research and analyzations upon Euthanasia which only grew her support for the process (Williams, "A Right to Die, a Will to Live"). Euthanasia is more than just simply ending someone's life. It's about ending someone's life for a good cause: to stop misery. By condoning Euthanasia one is opting to stop a human being to not have to face with the unhappiness they bare into life every single day. The humane bone within most of society's bodies do not want to condone the suffering of a human being. 

Euthanasia can actually aid a hospital in a lot of different aspects, but especially Economically. Morris M's article "10 Arguments For Legalizing Euthanasia" explains the economic burdens severe illness can lead to. Morris M. argues that illnesses are "crippling debt for the families of terminally ill patients, with the care of a single individual at the end of their life costing an estimated $39,000. For 40 percent of households, the bill exceeds their financial assets" (Morris M.). This just simply does not make any sense. One is basically enduring debt due to a patient living through an illness. This doesn't sound to bad except for the fact as discussed previously majority of the terminally ill patients do not want to continue to live due to the stress and misery it brings them. So basically one is going to result in a huge debt for a patient that doesn't want to live. Euthanasia disregards the debt that a family has to deal with. Rather than the patient living and financially putting a strain on their family they can opt for Euthanasia which would end the continuous medication payments, hospital bills, and cost of care it takes to take care of a patient. Euthanasia actually relieves a patient more than their pain, but rather creates a relief of financial tensions families would have to bare. Euthanasia itself can be a financial stress itself because, just like any other medical procedure, its going to cost money to carry out the course of action. Although Euthanasia does cost money, its not nearly as high as the accumulated cost that is a result of if a patient would just try to extend their stay within a hospital. Euthanasia also makes a lot of sense economically because if one is ill and knows the chance of them getting better is slim to none, then it would only logically and financially make sense to go ahead and save money by participating in Euthanasia. This operation also helps hospitals progress. Benefit Of Net is a website that describes the benefits within a certain topic. In this case, the website provides the economical aspects of Euthanasia are it "Cost contaminant" and allows for "More focus on other patients". (Daniels). The fact that it is indeed reported to be cost contaminant gives reason to believe that "Low budget in the health care industry and the current economic climate will force many hospitals to make budget cuts, leading to less funding for hospital beds and nursing staff" (Daniels). Euthanasia makes it possible for there to be less hospital beds and nursing staff without forcing a hospital to have create budget cost. This is because with Euthanasia ending a patient's life the patient is no longer using the hospital space or nurse for care. This allows for more room and available nurses to be present within a hospital. Speaking of more room and availability of staff this idea also provides evidence for how Euthanasia allows for other patients to have more attention. Due to the fact that more rooms are available, then patients who actually have an illness that can be cured have the opportunity to be worked on because they have a room to obtain while they are being worked on. The same goes for doctors, nurses, and staff. Since Euthanasia allows for more staff to be available then rather staff being overbooked or contributing their time to a patient's life who they know is not going to sustain much longer, they now have more time to focus on other patients who have a stronger possibility to change the circumstances of their state of being. Euthanasia brings progression to a hospital by benefiting those who actually have a chance to live the chance to live due to the fact that they now have more staff and room for operations to occur. Euthanasia also saves a hospital money due to the fact that they no longer have to partake in budget cuts. Euthanasia brings progression in many ways including when it comes to economics.
The legalization of Euthanasia would by far bring justice available to all citizens. Though many don't believe so. Mary Jackson's article "In God's Hands" discusses not just the pro's but the concerns of the public. An unsupporter of Euthanasia claimed "Once you introduce suicide as a reasonable way out for some, that message is heard by everyone.  ...  Restrictions become arbitrary and it becomes a slippery slope" (Jackson, "In God's Hands"). Majority of the public is concerned that with the legalization of Euthanasia, that many citizens would want to result in death for reasons that do not associate with illness, but more so due to reasons such as depression or just because an individual does not want to live. This opposition of Euthanasia can be easily shut down due to the fact that with the legalization of Euthanasia comes restrictions. Euthanasia is meant for those who are severely ill and only those who are severely ill. Euthanasia in other countries outside of the US such as Northern Australia, the Netherlands, and even Belgium have legalized Euthanasia with restrictions and have had success so there is no excuse to why restrictions would become arbitrary within the legalization of Euthanasia within the United States. The primary reason for why Euthanasia is seen as a "bad deed" within an individual's life is because of religion. Many individuals believe that "Euthanasia is a rejection of the importance and value of human life" ("Arguments Against Euthanasia"). Religious beliefs create individuals to become anti-Euthanasia because there are several religions that do not condone the operation. For example, within Christianity, it is believed that "Human life is sacred" and "Human life is special". (http://www.bbc.co.uk). As well as "God has forbidden it" with "it" being a reference of a form of shortening the life (such as Euthanasia). This religion has different customs and moral values that basically disregard Euthanasia. Because of this reasoning, Christians tend to be against Euthanasia and it has made it difficult for the United States to adopt Euthanasia or any form of Euthanasia (such as physician-assisted suicide or medication to end one's life). Even other religions disapprove of Euthanasia. It is said that Eastern religions "attitudes to death are achieving freedom from mortal life, and not-harming living beings. Euthanasia clearly conflicts with the second of these, and it interferes with the first" (http://www.bbc.co.uk). More specific examples of Eastern religions attitudes of Euthanasia are "Hindus think that, even though helping a person end a painful life may be good, it interferes with the cycle of death and rebirth", or even that "in Islam all forms of euthanasia are forbidden" (http://www.english-online.at). Between the two of these previously stated religions, one would think that the majority of the United States would be in disapproval of Euthanasia. Despite religion, there are still individuals who agree with Euthanasia whether its because they have no religion or because despite their religion they just simply still believe in Euthanasia. There are also some cultures who do agree with Euthanasia. "In Japan more than half of all Shintoists think that you should be allowed to help a person die if they ask for it" (http://www.english-online.at). Although some cultures do not agree with Euthanasia, there are some religions that do believe in it such as the Shintoists. There may eve be Shintoists that are present within the United States. Is it really far for the severely ill Shintoists, who believes in Euthanasia, not have the option to Euthanasia because of the Christian who believes is not okay?  Because the United States is composed of so many different religions, backgrounds, cultures and beliefs, Euthanasia should be legalized within the United States. Euthanasia should at least be an option to all patients. "Everyone has a right to decide when their life should end" (http://www.english-online.at). The patient can make their own decision based upon their beliefs and values for whether they want to follow through the process of Euthanasia or not. This way those that who do believe in the right of Euthanasia have the option to fulfill their wants. This also give those that oppose Euthanasia, due to their religions or view points upon the subject, can decide to not use Euthanasia as their form of death. It's a win-win situation for both sides of the debate upon Euthanasia. The United States is primarily only focusing on the religious aspect for the disapproval for Euthanasia, but what about the Atheist, or any patient (regardless of their customs) that is simply just in so much pain? By making Euthanasia available one is recognizing the side of those who agree with Euthanasia without ignoring the concerns of those who aren't so supportive. This is because Euthanasia will be available to those who believe in it, yet because it is an option, those who disagree can not accept the option to do Euthanasia. Everyone has their own mind, values, and right to live and die the way they choose. No human should have to live under the values and beliefs of someone else. By ignoring Euthanasia, the United States is not acknowledging the viewpoints of every cultures belief. When there is a country that is as diverse as ours, one must take every cultural belief into aspect when decision making. Euthanasia should also be legalized due to the growing support that it is gaining.  Roughly, one third of Americans seem to support voluntary active euthanasia or PAS no matter what the circumstances" (Emmanuel142). This article dates back to the early 1990's. This shows that the support for Euthanasia at the time was not popular at all, but a later research displays that over time people point of views started to shift to being pro-euthanasia. A study in 1996 presented the data that "66 percent of the public thought the legislature should probably or definitely enact the plan and "26 percent of the public thought the legislature should probably or definitely ban all physician- assisted suicide" (Bachman, 306). The fact that that over two thirds were now in favor of Euthanasia as opposed to the original one third within the 1990's displays how far the appreciation for Euthanasia has come. A research conducted in May 2013 shows that "70% of Americans in favor of allowing doctors to hasten a terminally ill patient's death when the matter is described as allowing doctors to "end the patient's life by some painless means." At the same time, far fewer -- 51% -- support it when the process is described as doctors helping a patient "commit suicide"(Saad). These three sources demonstrate the growing support for Euthanasia as time progresses. It will only be a matter of time until less than a quarter of Americans will be unsupportive of Euthanasia. Because Euthanasia is growing in support, and because the majority is in favor of this process it would be in the best interest of the country to legalize Euthanasia.  Have you ever questioned an individual about death only to receive the response "in my sleep; . . . after I've had a chance to bring closure to a family problem; . . . with dignity; . . .  while still in possession of my faculties; . . . with little or no pain; . . . after I've had a chance to say 'goodbye'; . . . not dependent on anyone or anything; . . . before I become a burden; . . .  fast -- so I won't know what's hit me" (Gregory 396)? Euthanasia allows for all of he wishes to become of a doctor's command. Euthanasia promotes for an individual who's terminally ill to die with dignity, peace, and closure. Due to this Euthanasia should be legalize within the united states. It is the humane thing to do. Euthanasia also promotes several benefits for the patients, a decrease in financial and hospital issues, and a win-win situation for every citizen within the United States. The most important thing to recognize about Euthanasia is whether the majority agrees or the minority disagrees, or vice versa, by making it an option one can decide for themselves how they want to live or end their life. This allows for an individual to stand and live by their life and their values. While making Euthanasia available seems to be favoring one side over the other, in all actuality its not. Those who oppose Euthanasia have the option to not follow the process. Euthanasia is a choice and should be emphasized and treated as one. By making it an option without forcing this process upon patients, this issue can progress out of being so problematic. Allowing Euthanasia will make the US a more accepting country of all cultures while allowing justice to take hold of our nation.  

