Euthanasia
Euthanasia is the act of intentionally causing the painless death
of a sick person. In terms of a physician’s actions, it can be passive
in that a physician plays no direct role in the death of the person
or it can be active in that the physician does something directly to
cause the death. Now the question: Do you think it is right for a
physician to refuse to participate in active euthanasia?
It is NEVER right for a physician or any one else to deliberately
hasten a person’s death. This includes all forms of euthanasia-active
and passive. To deliberately withhold food/fluids is to subject the
person to a painful death-it is NOT a humane death. We are not in a
position to determine the worth of a life. Every person has a soul-it
is up to God to determine when he will take that soul from the shell
that is the human body. We all have a duty to support life with
ordinary means-food/fluids but we are not required to use extrordinary
means-aggressive life support,dialysis,etc indefinitely.
O.K. now, euthanasia (I think) is a type of suicide, whether or not
you are sick. Physicians absolutley have the choice of NOT
participating, in fact it should not be legal!!! Now if you put
someone to death who was sick, or heck they dont even have to be sick,
but you would look at your self everyday and be reminded of it. i bet
you would feel like a murderer. If people want to die they can commit
suicide in their own homes, makin someone else do it is not going to
make it any better morally. Euthanasia is a sad, sad deal, please try to
stop it.
I believe if the person wants to die to end their life they should
have the right to choose.I do not believe that the person should
beable to have themselves killed if they’re not really suffering. Yes
the person does have the right to kill him or herself. BUt the
authourity stands in the way of that. If this is such a free country
why can’t anyone participate in EUTHANASIA?
If we have the right (at least in the U.S) to do whatever we want
to with our lives, whether it be rich and famous or an alcoholic crack
head, why is it that we can not decide when our life should end? It
is ours, if we can kill the life that grows inside us, we should be
allowed to also destroy the life that harbors others. Especially if
that person is in pain and requests that some end their suffering. I
don’t think you can allow one law with out the either. A life is a
life, right?
