There is no doubt that Euthanasia is an issue that haunts those living with children or adults who are severely disabled. Over the years, cases involving euthanasia have been a great cause for debate. Nobody can truly decide whether or not it is feasible to take the life of another human being in order to "put them out of their misery'. A strong question I have is: Does the person committing the act really want to put the victim out of their misery, or are they just fed up with the pressure of living with the victim, and is it their own lifestyle that they are trying to make better? .
Nobody can truly tell, whether in the Latimer case or any other case of Euthanasia, if the person is trying to "save" the victim, or just save themself. I have never lived with someone who is severely disabled, and I doubt I can properly imagine the hardships, but I have known people who have experienced this. It does seem that it is an extremely tough matter to deal with. While the people I have known have never been as deeply troubled as the Latimer family, they have seen the true pain and misery that some severely disabled individuals are forced to deal with throughout their life. I personally believe a human life is just what it is, a human life. Everyone has the right to live, no matter if they are better or worse off than any other person. Nobody has the right to take someone else's life, and the law states the same for taking your own life.
A severely handicapped person may still have to live with more pain then most, but they are just as free to simply enjoying being alive, and denying them that right would be an infringement upon their freedom. Latimer should have considered the law a little more before taking his daughters life. He may have seen the suffering that she went through, but there is no way he could truly understand the way she thought. She could still enjoy the simple pleasures in life; she could still laugh, she could still smile, and she could still feel.
