Euthanasia

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  1. I'm doing my presentation on my third essay, my argumentative essay,
  2. um, which is on euthanasia or physician assisted suicide
  3. or physician assisted death,
  4. depending on what you call it.
  5. The debate over legalization of Euthanasia has been going on for almost 200 years.
  6. In 1870, a schoolteacher named Samuel Williams
  7. initiated the contemporary youth nation debate in a speech he made
  8. at the Birmingham structure of club in England.
  9. This speech was then published an essay
  10. by birth by the Birmingham perspective club.
  11. Over time, it was then debated between people research and practice medicine.
  12. Whether or not euthanasia or physician assisted
  13. suicide was morally right or morally wrong.
  14. In Oregon. In 1997,
  15. they passed, the death would make me act
  16. allowing
  17. physician assisted suicide and euthanasia to take place
  18. in the state.
  19. There are over 1.7 million Americans who
  20. suffer from crawling chronic illnesses every year.
  21. Around 600,000 of those people die from cancer every year,
  22. Meaning that more than 60,000 people
  23. obtain cancer every year,
  24. but don't necessarily die,
  25. elderly people obtain cancer and die at a higher rate than those younger than them.
  26. But those young them suffering continues to in a state of terrible quality of life
  27. If such long life has been lived by the gallery folks
  28. and these younger people
  29. are living in such pain,
  30. why wouldn't you just end it with dignity
  31. instead of suffering through pain
  32. and knowing
  33. that you're going to die.
  34. Here's a chart representing different age groups, um,
  35. their diagnosis of cancer and the percentage of their
  36. deaths and as you see as you get older,
  37. percent of your tire
  38. In Washington. Since 2009,
  39. prescriptions have been written
  40. And what that decision. 22 deaths have been reported
  41. In Oregon since 1997,
  42. people have had prescription driven
  43. And 1,905 patients have died.
  44. This shows that the law is being used in correct situations.
  45. It's not being taken advantage of by um doctors or patients.
  46. More people have had prescriptions written for them than I've actually used them.
  47. This map shows which states and obviously Washington D. C.
  48. Um
  49. where it is legal.
  50. In 2017, a poll showed that 73% of respondents were in favor in Euthanasia,
  51. and 67% were in favor of physician assisted suicide.
  52. With so many in favor of passing the law
  53. and
  54. it being more inhumane to let someone suffer and die than to end their life.
  55. There should be no reason why euthanasia should not be legalized over the nation.
  56. Thank you