Should euthanasia be legal? Should we consider this pity or murder? Every day, many people are diagnosed with terminal illnesses and some must suffer for a long time before they die. Euthanasia essentially means ending a person's life to end their suffering. Euthanasia can be classified into passive and active. Passive euthanasia involves stopping medical treatment with the aim of hastening the death of a terminally ill patient, while active euthanasia involves taking a specific action, usually a lethal dose of medication, that causes death of a patient. For many years, euthanasia or assisted suicide has been one of the most controversial and emotional topics in our society. There are many people against euthanasia and who think it is inhumane. Additionally, in most countries, euthanasia is not legal and a doctor or nurse could lose their job and even be sentenced to prison for the practice. However, it is legal in some countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands or Australia and steps are being taken to legalize euthanasia in other countries. Patients should be able to control the way they live and, more importantly, the way they die. In some cases, the patient does not want to spend their final days in a hospital bed. Euthanasia can help the patient in many positive ways. Therefore, euthanasia or assisted suicide should be legal everywhere in the world. People who oppose euthanasia claim that it is wrong because it devalues ​​human life. They say euthanasia is no different from murder because it involves killing a person. They believe that by legalizing euthanasia, society would accept the doctor's decision to kill terminally ill people. Additionally, some doctors might then take the shortcut, helping people die instead of helping them recover. Although some of what opponents say makes sense, they do not see euthanasia from the patient's point of view and infringe on the rights of every person. A terminally ill person wants to end their life in a dignified manner. It would be cruel and inhumane to force a person to stay alive when they want to avoid terrible suffering. Not letting people ask for euthanasia goes against freedom. The freedom to decide is a fundamental element of every person and every society. The first reason for allowing euthanasia by law is to end the suffering of terminally ill people. Some people experience enormous suffering and euthanasia allows them to die with dignity.