EUTHANASIA SPEECH 1
Persuasive speech about Euthanasia
By Sarah Fuzzell
University of Central Oklahoma
EUTHANASIA SPEECH 2
Watching a loved one suffer is a horrifying and heart-breaking thing to watch, yet with
modern day medicine, the terminally ill by no choice but of their own could choose to end their
suffering early. Euthanasia sounds like a bit of an intimidating and scary word but it actually
means “Good death”, another phrase for it is doctor-assisted suicide. Doctor-assisted suicide
might also sound like a frightening thing, however, it is not something taken lightly. A depressed
person cannot choose Euthanasia, someone cannot without an intense medical need for
euthanasia be able to use this option. Euthanasia is only used in cases where a person is
determined to be terminally ill and will have to suffer for many months through the pain of a
disease that will be the death of them. The question I ask is: Is it anyone else’s right to tell
someone they must suffer through their debilitating terminal illness? I understand that you may
personally never take the option of the euthanasia no matter the circumstance, however, that is