To live or not to live. This has been the question for many people who have a terminal illness. Many people suffer from terminal illnesses every day and can do nothing to improve their conditions. According to the article “Identifying Terminal Illness (TERI) Cases,” a terminal illness is when someone cannot return to being a healthy person. The patient expects death and any treatment will not bring him any good. People who have this disease resort to an alternative called euthanasia. Euthanasia is when someone, a doctor or a family member, helps a terminally ill person to die by injecting a drug or detaching the cord that keeps the person alive. While supporters of this technique argue that euthanasia is humane and beneficial, other people argue that euthanasia is morally wrong and inhumane. Euthanasia should be legalized in the United States because it offers an alternative to people who suffer every day from a terminal illness, but it should be the last resort a patient should take. People against euthanasia argue that it is immoral and morally wrong. take someone's life. According to the article “Active euthanasia is never morally justified”, euthanasia is a nice word that replaces the word murder (Doug). The author claims that people will use "terminal illness" to kill people without their consent. People who are in the plant state and cannot depend on themselves are forced to accept the decisions of others. Euthanasia can be performed on a patient if the person responsible is willing to undergo the process. Since the patient cannot say or do anything, he is not sure whether the person responsible is doing it for obscure reasons. It's not just adults, but children can also be euthanized... middle of paper... social security. United States Social Security Administration. 08 January 2014. Web. 7 April 2014 Marker, Rita L. and Kathi Hamlon. “Euthanasia and assisted suicide should not be legal.” Assisted suicide. Ed. Noël Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Euthanasia and assisted suicide: frequently asked questions". Patients' Rights Council, 2010. Opposing views in context. Network. April 8, 2014.McManaman, Doug. “Active euthanasia is never morally justified.” Assisted suicide. Ed. Noël Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Euthanasia and the sacredness of life". Catholic Insight (March 2010): 24-25. Opposing points of view in context. Network. April 9, 2014. Messerli, Joe. “Should an incurably ill patient be able to commit physician-assisted suicide?” Balanced policy. BalancedPolitics.org. 07 January 2012. Web. 7 April. 2014.