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.

[Alk3]

1.) Abortion - Okay, I'm kind of neutral when it comes to this topic. I mean, it's the person's own fault that they got pregnant, so they should take the responsibility. There are other options--such as adoption. But then again, if the person unwillingly became pregnant then I can understand why they wouldn't want to deal with all this.

The legality of abortion is being easily abused. Instead of thinking of other solutions, a lot of people go for the easiest thing for them. I think the option should still be open though.. I'm leaning more towards pro-life, so I'll say it should be illegal even though we know that people will be aborting whether or not it's legal.

2.) Assisted Suicide - Straight forward, I'll say it should be illegal. Why would you want to help someone kill themself? I don't really have much to say about this one..

3.) Euthanasia - I'm actually doing a term paper on this. I don't think it should be legalized, because this is another thing that could be abused. You never know what could have happened to the person if you hadn't "pulled the plug." I know that people don't like to suffer, but they should at least wait and see what will happen to the person before killing them.