A name long forgotten, Dr. Kervorkian has recently been in the media once more with an HBO movie with Al Pacino portraying the doctor. And while there is newfound focus on the man, his causes and issues too should be revisited. Euthanasia has long been a heavily debated and politicized topic. With Dr. Kervorkian's rather outlandish tactics, however, the practice seemingly died with his imprisonment.
But everyday there are still hundreds of terminal patients suffering without a way out. Many patients with excruciating pain from a plethora of diseases. What then should as tell them? That there are more important issues at the moment? For theses people there is no more pressing an issue.
Euthanasia is, in the greater scheme of things both a civil liberties and human right issue. Do as have the right to decide when our life ends? Is it cruel and inhumane to force a person to love in excruciating pain? Personally, I think it is both a right and the more humane thing to do. I think that thaw sufferers should be able to make a decision about their life with their best interests in mind. However you might have a different opinion, and other may have even different thoughts. And that's fine, that's why we live in a democracy. All I'm saying is that once more, for the sake of those suffering, we should talk about it.
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