Every topic and every opinion can be looked at from many points of view. Euthanasia is just one topic in one large array of things that cannot totally be agreed on. Killing someone because they are in pain or great suffering; is this right? After extensive understanding and research of mercy killing, it can only be up to YOU whether or not you agree with what this is about to explain to you. It is something that has many different ways to look at it and it cannot be determined by anyone else but yourself.
Traditionally death occurred when a person permanently stopped breathing and/or his or her heart ceased to beat. The confusion comes in when after World War Two, technology advanced and medical technicians were able to keep people's hearts pumping and allow people to breath artificially. In some rare instances people would miraculously start to breathe on their own again. So how can we decide when a person is dead if they have the chance to breath again on their own?.
Euthanasia is where someone who is terminally ill feels their life is not worth living any longer because of pain, loss of ability or dignity, who is sound of mind and not suffering from depression. Is given the option to have help in dying. It is not whether a physician should take the initiative to kill someone, the patient must take the initiative. It is not whether a person can commit suicide, in most jurisdictions they are allowed to commit suicide. It is whether or not they can get assistance in doing so. This assistance will help many people who can not go through with suicide themselves.
Some people, who agree that euthanasia is morally right and that it is a good idea, would argue certain points. People who are terminally ill are usually considered good candidates for the option of euthanasia. If a person has cancer, and they are going through a great ordeal of suffering they could have all their suffering taken away.