here is a serious question, ... Options

[Tal_Dara]

Ok I am going to ask a serious question, and I want serious answers to them. So if you are going to be dumb about it then dont reply to this thread.

Should these things be legal/illegal in the United States and why?

1.) Abortion
2.) Assisted Suicide (in otherwards you assist someone into killing themselves)
3.) Euthanasia (basically this is also known as a mercy killing, like if someone is in pain and you pull th plug, of course Hitler used Euthenasia on the Jews dont forget)

Like I said serious replies only please. This question came up in my Political Science class, and I found it very interesting. I then decided to see what others felt about it.

[kimmytree]

1) Abortion - definately should not be used as a form of "birth control". If someone just "accidentally" gets pregnat by fooling around, then thats their problem. They did it knowing that getting pregnat would be a possibility. BUT, if a woman/girl has been raped, if the mothers life is in danger, or if doctors think the child will be born severely disabled - then I think it should be allowed, with consent of a judge or something. But then again, if it's made illegal, people are still going to do it, in an unsafe way.

2)assisted suicide What the heck? No.

3) Euthanasia Yes, I think it should be allowed, ESPECIALLY for cancer patients. Cancer patients have to suffer so much before dying. If someone has been diagnosed with being terminally ill with any disease, and are suffering, then they have every right to be euthanized... its so much more of a peaceful way of going. But when it comes to people who have been injured and are on forms of life support, then no... unless they've been on it for awhile and are showing no signs of improvement. My cousin was in a wreck 2 years ago and was on lung dialysis for 3 weeks, and kidney dialysis for over a month - and only had a 5-10% chance of partially recovering with his kidneys. But somehow he's totally fine now. So in cases like that, there's always the possibility of someone being able to bounce back.