Is Euthanasia fundamental to a civilised society?

Love to Lead gets controversial…

I don't think it is fundamental to a civilised society but I don't think it should be illegal either with certain provisos.

To say "fundamental to a civilised society" brings visions of Soylent Green to mind and the idea of killing off old people because they are past a useful age, or disabled children as the Nazi's did. For the terminally ill who are in constant pain and who are mentally aware enough to be able to request Euthanasia I don't see how anyone can deny them that. It would clearly need to be closely regulated, as state sponsored suicide lends itself rather too well to exaggerated tabloid headlines, but with a doctor's guidance and full consent required it doesn't seem to me like too large a step to take.