Preliminary Thoughts On Legislation Concerning Euthanasia

The euthanasia is a question which involves ethics, law and medicine and it initiates international and domestic continuous argument. At present, in the law field, more and more people call for the euthanasia legislation, on the other hand, part of people think the present situation of China still has big distance to the euthanasia legislation, it's too early to discuss the legislation. Therefore, there are simple negative and simple affirmative opinions. The realistic situation is: The euthanasia behavior is carrying on quietly, moreover, it has brought the tremendous negative influence. But we have to consider the realistic situation instead of being an armchair strategist on the side.This article believes that the arguments of euthanasia question share something in common, the key is the big difference on the operation. The conservative viewpoint thinks the euthanasia is not feasible now while the radical viewpoint thinks the euthanasia legislation should be done immediately. Both the viewpoints have certain truth, but do not adapt the reality situation. We must abandon insufficiencies on both sides, combine their advantages and seek a feasible way: that is some form of euthanasia may be permitted in law, but the other must be forbidden, the key is whether the form of euthanasia conforms to the legal spirit and accepted by the society. At present, Chinese economy level, legislative work condition medical insurance standard > people's free right consciousness and people's outlook do not meet the ideal requirement of euthanasia implementation; At the same time, under the international background of heated discussion about human rights, it's not realistic for our country to carry on the euthanasia legislation. However, the classification of euthanasia gradually become smaller and smaller, we should acknowledge certain forms of euthanasia and carry out strict operation sequence; But to the behavior which does not conform to the stipulation, we're supposed to forbid it or do some punishment by law.