Briefly imagine that your life is coming to an end and you are living on breathing machines and eating through a tube. Terrifying, right? Almost everyone fears death to some extent and avoids discerning how they will die, but in this scenario, what would you do? In my opinion, you have to make a very personal choice if you want to continue your life as a vegetable or end the burden on yourself and your loved ones through euthanasia. Every person has the right to make their own decision regarding the practice of voluntary euthanasia and that is why I believe it should be legalized and offered to those who wish to die on time. Before any conclusion can be drawn about euthanasia, one must understand exactly what it means, what its implications are, and who it affects. The term euthanasia comes from the Greek word meaning “good death.” The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines the word as "the practice of killing or allowing the death of desperately ill or injured individuals in a relatively painless manner for the sake of mercy." (Merrium-Webster.com). In fact, the term euthanasia contains several definitions of its own. Above all, voluntary and involuntary euthanasia are totally different. When a competent person requests assistance in dying, it is voluntary euthanasia. Ending a person's life without their knowledge or consent constitutes involuntary euthanasia. Although this may seem basic to many of us, I think it is important to establish the difference and know which one should be legalized in the United States. Assessing the amount of pain and suffering a person faces is almost impossible. For this reason, it is difficult to determine whether voluntary euthanasia is the right choice. If euthanasia were to become legal in the United States as it is in the Netherlands, doctors would face unanswered questions: What is euthanasia? ?