Euthanasia is known as the practice of deliberately ending a life that frees an individual from incurable illness or intolerable suffering, also known as a gentle and easy death. Currently, euthanasia is a global topic of discussion, but the law does not allow its practice on people. Most people strictly forbid it because of their religious or moral beliefs, but most people strongly support euthanasia because of their personal experience. Euthanasia should be legalized because patients with terminal illnesses have the choice to end their lives in the most painless way. On October 27, 1997, Oregon was the first state to pass the Death With Dignity Act. This law allows terminally ill people to ask their doctors for life-threatening medications. Patients must submit two verbal requests and one written request in the presence of a witness. Then, two doctors must agree on the diagnosis, prognosis and capabilities of the patient. The patient must administer the lethal drug (Nitschke) himself. However, Oregon laws strictly prohibit euthanasia, but what happens if someone is too sick to write or speak verbally? So what? Is it right that a person has to undergo 6 months of resuscitation before dying just because the law says that even if a person is going to die soon, it is wrong to help them end their suffering. Many people today associate euthanasia with euthanasia. the famous case of Terri Schiavo, where after 5 years of intensive care, her husband made the conscious decision to remove his feeding tube and other medications. After Schiavo's death, they conducted an autopsy which established that her brain weighed half that of a healthy human brain - severe damage that left her blind and unable to think... middle of a piece of paper... enough temptation to decide on suicide. People who aren't depressed. Everyone has the right to commit suicide because a person has the right to determine what will or will not be done to their body. » Works cited “Statistics on euthanasia”. http://www.statisticbrain.com/euthanasia-statistics/. Statistical Brain, July 23, 2012.Web. October 22, 2013.ProCon.org. “Euthanasia ProCon.org” ProCon.org. October 15, 2013. The web. October 30, 2013. euthanasia.procon.org/>. Nitschke, Dr Philippe. “Death with dignity in Oregon, Washington and (soon) Montana.” Euthanasia and the law in the United States of America. Dr. Philip Nitschke, nd Web. October 25, 2013. Abby Goodnough, “Schiavo Autopsy Says Brain, Withered, Was Untreable,” The New YorkTimes, June 16, 2005. Emanuel, Ezekiel. "Whose right to die? - 97.03."Whose right to die? - 97.03. The AtlanticMonthly Company, March 1997. Web. October 15. 2013.