Implications Post

The question that I have been exploring through this entire blog experience is whether euthanasia should be legalized or not. If this issue were to remain unsolved there are two things that I am proposing would happen. One the people that oppose euthanasia would be satisfied, and two the people who are for the right to euthanasia would continue to fight. The debate will not simmer down just because questions go unanswered. There will always be those who will continue to fight for the right of a person to decide if they want to end their life. And there will also always be those who continue to fight for life. The problem with such a controversial topic as euthanasia is that politicians do not want to make a ruling about it. Similarly to abortion and gay marriage most would rather for the debate to continue rather than getting the problems resolved. This way they are not upsetting any particular group. There are so many grey areas and circumstances when it comes to terminally ill patients and it is rather difficult to make one laws that fits all of these circumstances. The popularity of the topic of the debate dwindles as time goes a long when there is uproar about the topic. There only seems to be big publicized debate about euthanasia when there is a sad story of some old man, woman or terminally ill patient who feels that they have the right to end their own life. Until a story like this comes about, it is easy for those who make laws to put this topic on the backburner. It is easy to see that the media has a lot to do with the strength of the sentiments of heated topics such as euthanasia. With this being said, I do believe that one good outcome to the issue being unresolved is the possible increase in palliative care. With no legal way to permanently end suffering through death, physicians and health care providers will hopefully work harder to relieve their patients of stress and pain through other methods.