B. Views of euthanasia in the past.

II. Recent or current events related to the issue

A. Euthanasia is practiced in Oregon.

B. Euthanasia is practiced in the Netherlands.

A. Would the terminally ill be the only ‘users’ of euthanasia?

B. Is Amsterdam an example of bad instead of good?

IV. Pro-euthanasia (the one I support) Are the laws redundant?

A. Fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution redundancy

Euthanasia, meaning “good death,” (Humphury) is one of the most acute and uncomfortable contemporary problems in our society. The idea of euthanasia has been around since the beginning of man. In 399 BC. Socrates, ancient philosopher of Greece chose to kill himself instead of being exiled. The debate concerns one question: is euthanasia ethical? The case rests on one main fundamental moral principle: mercy.

In 1996, residents of Oregon passed a bill entitled the Death with Dignity Act. What this bill permits is the intentional killing of a human being to end suffering from a terminal illness or incurably debilitating condition, with their direct consent. (The Oregon Death with Dignity Act) Since then, this euthanasia has taken the lives of nearly 100 people. With Oregon setting an example, the rest of the country is waiting to see whether or not the euthanasia trend will continue to spread into other parts of the country. Today, In the United States of America, euthanasia is illegal in every state with the exception of Oregon, and even there it is a very long and hard struggle .

People who are “for” euthanasia believe that legislation against it "violates the fundamental concepts of liberty, freedom of choice, and self-determination” They base these beliefs on the text of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. (United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment) The voluntary choice between life and death is, to them, a basic human right which the government has no right to legislate. They often compare this choice of euthanasia to the right to abortion. If abortion is a perfectly legal practice among doctors, and it involves a person making a choice to take a human life, shouldn’t euthanasia too be ma

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