Euthanasia

I just finished reading two chapters on Euthanasia in "The Straits Times Page2Primer". This book published all the interesting Straits Times' commentaries and news analyses.

In both chapters, the writers were either partially supportive or against Euthanasia as it is not something to rush into. Instead, it should be discussed fully and thought through carefully. Euthanasia, which is also known as "mercy killing" or "physician-assisted suicide", means that a terminally ill person may request and be given a lethal injection or take a deadly drug, to die.

This is practised in the Netherlands and the US state of Oregon and Washington.In Singapore, debate around this topic often centred around controlling medical costs and not wanting to be a burden to others.

Personally, I am against Euthanasia and hope that it will not be carried out in Singapore in the future. Everybody has the right to live on, even when they are in critical condition. Only if they are really suffering and they are very conscious and alert when they make the decision, they should be given the choice to end their lives. The Advance Medical Directives is good as it allows one to decide on extraordinary life-sustaining treatment.