Topic Five: Euthanasia & the Law

I think that Euthanasia is really a complex matter - it includes philosophy, religion and morals... It's a controversial legal problem above all, because nobody knows how to behave in situations like the case of Piergiorgio Welby or Terri Schiavo, so no one could tell exactly what is Right or Wrong. In my opinion Italian Law should be less inflexible about Euthanasia - that is the only solution sometimes - particularly when the patient himself wants to die (we call it ''eutanasia attiva volontaria''). Maybe there's more to discuss about it if the patient can't express his will by himself. Nowadays Italian Law is very severe towards every kind of Euthanasia - it is considered a crime and who practises Euthanasia is practically a murderer according to our Codice Penale.
Anyway something is going to change in Italy as well. For example, the anaesthetist who was accused of the murder of Piergiorgio Welby (Mario Riccio) was finally acquitted. Maybe Euthanasia isn't always a crime...