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Imagine if a close relative of yours was dying of lung cancer. Each breath they took was agonizing. No medicine or drug could lessen their pain. Their life had become a torture. They ask you to end their torment. What would you do? If you helped to hasten their death, you would most likely go to prison for murder. What this relative has asked you to do is to commit Euthanasia. Webster's Encyclopedia describes Euthanasia as the practice of hastening or causing the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease . Simply put, Euthanasia is mercy killing.
Euthanasia is one of the most controversial topics in modern society, and every human being has a different view on it according to their culture, their nation's laws, and their own personal beliefs.
Many people believe that Euthanasia should never be legalized, while others in countries like the Netherlands and Belgium already had it legalized. There are arguments for and against its legalization.......

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