Euthanasia is something I have always wanted to share my opinion about and the very first time I heard about assisted death, I felt it's a normal thing to do as long as the person who is willing to undergo the process made the decision.
I once had a discussion about this with someone even before I knew there was something like this. It was about a decade ago when we saw a video that made me terrified. A bike rider and a passenger were crushed by a trailer, it was said in the video that the bike man died immediately while we saw the passenger had been cut into halves.
His upper body had detached from his legs but some organs were still holding up. The guy was on the road drenched in blood and he was crying. I was moved to tears by the video and I said, they should just help him end the pain he was going through.
The guy I watched the video with said my suggestion was an inhumane decision. I didn't reply to him because the video got me emotional and I felt too weak to talk.
A lot of people think of Euthanasia as a terrible thing and I respect their sentiment but the truth is that it is hard to tell that some things are terrible until we find ourselves in a condition where that thing we call terrible becomes the only option left.
Every human has the right to live but a lot of humans suddenly find themselves struggling with one illness or other that steals away their purpose of existence. Some of these illnesses are terminal and no matter how much is spent, things end up the same way it has always been.
Some of these illnesses are accompanied by great pain, it is usually bearable at the beginning but as it grows, the pain becomes unbearable for many and the only thing they can think of is ending their lives.
Many people in these conditions usually say it but the people around them do think it is nonsense. Some feel like the illness has only gotten the head of the sick person that's why he or she is saying such a thing but we are wrong because we are not feeling what they are feeling. They are the only ones that can tell what's like to be in pain and I think when life becomes unbearable for them, their decision should be respected.
Seeing our loved one pass away is not easy especially when it is not a natural death, we want to hold on to them for as long as we can, we want to help them fight through but the battle is not ours to fight, all we can do is to support them and when the fighter thinks it is enough, we should understand that there is a big reason for that. Every individual has the will to live and when the will is taken away by an illness or any other thing, it becomes difficult to see other reasons to live.
I know miracle happens and that's why many friends and families are saying no to euthanasia but if we look at it critically, how many of these miracles have we seen? They happen but one out of ten people survive these horrible illnesses and if we can feel what these people are going through, we will see the reason to let go.
I have seen many documentaries of people taking their pets to the vet just to end their pain and struggles with an illness so why can't we understand what a fellow human is going through to have made such a tough decision as euthanasia?
Despite agreeing that Euthanasia should be legal, it mustn't be imposed on people. I know it cannot be though because what would it profit a doctor to end a sick person's life when he can continue with the treatment and make more money from the patient?
As long as it is not been imposed on patients, euthanasia should be an accessible option for people who have decided because of the pain or suffering they are going through at the hands of a particular illness.
I have read cases of people who choose to stop cancer treatment to live a normal life until they can't carry on anymore and choose to end things by themselves. We can't blame them and although death is inevitable, I pray we don't find our lives at a point where we won't have any option but to embrace death.