Legalizing Euthanasia in India

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- Third Argument – Science is always progressing, there will always be a solution to any problem hence peoples should wait before the take a decision regarding their existence.

- Many cures which were never existing have been produced, in such a way any terminal disease might get a cure one day.

- Therapies currently available are capable of console the patient from his or her existing mental condition.

- Dear and near ones of a patient can regret letting the patient go through Euthanasia if the cure was found in a very short time after the patient passed away. This regret will last a life and end up mentally traumatizing them. So, here the patient not the only one effected by it but also the ones close to him as well

- Counter Argument – It is better to die peacefully than to live awfully.

A) Having immense pain on a daily basis is almost like dying everyday, which is not a really good thing to experience

B) Everyone’s going to die in one way or the other anyway.

C) Rebuttal

- Fourth Argument – The Misuses.

- Describing the consequences faced in Netherlands after the legalizing of Euthanasia.

- Conclusion

- Restate the thesis statement

- Recollect all the important points and questions that have been answered

- Include a final comment about how Euthanasia should never be even considered to be legalized in the country.

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