For and Against

Question 1

Organisation that supports Euthanasia

Answer 1

Dignity In Dying

Question 2

Name a pro choice argument to do with life

Answer 2

People should have the right to control their own lives

Question 3

Pro life organisation

Answer 3

Life

Question 4

Pro choice reason

Answer 4

In civilised societies we should allow people to die with dignity

Question 5

Pro life reason

Answer 5

If Euthanasia were allowed it would devalue the lives of the disabled and the sick

Question 6

Pro choice reason

Answer 6

It is no longer illegal to commit suicide eg the Suicide Act of 1961

Question 7

Pro Life reason

Answer 7

Palliative care makes euthanasia unnecessary

Question 8

Pro choice reason

Answer 8

It can shorten the grief of the patients loved ones

Question 9

Pro life reason

Answer 9

Doctors may abuse the system, they might not bother reviving the sick elderly

Question 10

Pro life

Answer 10

Elderly people might believe they are a burden on their families
So they could feel obliged to use the option of euthanasia

Question 11

Pro choice reason

Answer 11

Keeping the patient alive could cost a lot of money which could be spent on helping another patient who has a chance of life