Is it really possible that 'Right to die' can become a 'duty to die'???

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One of the fear is that if euthanasia is allowed, vulnerable people will be put under pressure to end their lives. It would be difficult, and possibly impossible, to stop people using persuasion or coercion [kə u'ɜ ː ʃ (ə)n] to get people to request euthanasia when they don't really want it. Is such a situation, really possible?

(The pressure of feeling a burden)

Оле!!!! People who are ill and dependent can often feel worthless and an undue burden on those who love and care for them. They may actually be a burden, but those who love them may be happy to bear that burden.

Nonetheless, if euthanasia is available, the sick person may pressure themselves into asking for euthanasia. Or, on the contrary, Family or others involved with the sick person may regard them as a burden that they don't wish to carry, and may put pressure (which may be very subtle) on the sick person to ask for euthanasia.

ЛЕРКУ!!!??? ++++ Some people fear that allowing euthanasia sends the message, " it's better to be dead than sick or disabled". The subtext is that some lives are not worth living. Not only does this put the sick or disabled at risk, it also downgrades their status as human beings while they are alive, isn’t it?

· Nobody is asking for patients to be killed against their wishes - whether or not those patients are disabled

· The euthanasia procedure is intended for use by patients who are dying, or in a condition that will get worse - most disabilities don't come under that category

· The normal procedure for euthanasia would have to be initiated at the patient's request

· Disabled people who are not mentally impaired are just as capable as able-bodied people of deciding what they want

· Protections will be in place for patients who are mentally impaired, whether through disability or some other reason

· It is possible that someone who has just become disabled may feel depressed enough to ask for death, which is why any proposed system of euthanasia must include psychological support and assessment before the patient's wish is granted

· All people should have equal rights and opportunities to live, or to choose not to go on living

Оле!!!! 13.So Certainly no one would be forced into euthanasia, would they?

Answer: Physical force is highly unlikely. But emotional and psychological pressures, as I have already said, could become overpowering for depressed or dependent people. If the choice of euthanasia is considered as good as a decision to receive care, many people will feel guilty for not choosing death.

Financial considerations, added to the concern about " being a burden, " could serve as powerful forces that would lead a person to " choose" euthanasia or assisted suicide.

Even the smallest gesture could create a gentle nudge into the grave. Such was evidenced in greeting cards sold at the 1991 national conference of the Hemlock Society.

According to the conference program, the cards were designed to be given to those who are terminally ill. One card in particular exemplified the core of the movement that would remove the last shred of hope remaining to a person faced with a life-threatening illness. It carried the message, " I learned you'll be leaving us soon."