Opinion of Euthanasia
Opinion of EuthanasiaEuthanasia has become an issue of growing attention. Jack Kevorkian, “Doctor Death” is a good example of a technical dispenser of death. He is the most famous physician on the planet who makes a living by helping others commit suicide. If euthanasia is legalized then there will be more “Doctor Deaths” in this world, which certainly is not necessary. Ultimately, the most powerful reason to oppose euthanasia is that since there is great potential for abuse, it will lead to the deaths of patients who do not really wish to die. For example, those who oppose euthanasia argue that powerful doctors or family members, unrestricted by law, may persuade patients to choose death, or greedy insurance companies may pressure doctors to control insurance costs by ending lives. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, says that “intentional euthanasia, whatever its forms or motives, is murder. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator.”
On and after October 21st Dr. Kevorkian has done nineteen assisted-suicides. There was an increasing number of suicides in Michigan, so the governor signed an anti-suicide law in late February that made doctor-assisted suicides a felony. During the 21-month trial period of the new law anyone assisting in a suicide can be sentenced to up to four years in prison and fined more than $2,000.
Seventy percent think euthanasia is justified sometimes for a person to kill his or her relative, if they are suffering terrible pain caused by a terminal illness. Even suicide is starting to be accepted. About half the public thinks a “moral right” to suicide exists if a person has an incurable disease or is suffering great pain with no hope of recovering
Physician assisted suicide is a very important issue. It is also important to know the difference between the situation in which a person can be involved in making the death of a sick person any quicker. Euthanasia, a word that is often used as the same as physician assisted suicide, means the act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy. Assisted suicide takes place when a dying person who wishes to have death, and requests help in carrying out the act.
In euthanasia, the dying patients may not neccessarily be aware of what is happening to them and may not have asked to die. In an assisted suicide, the sick person wants to die and has asked for help. Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the individual assisting in the suicide is a doctor instead of a friend or family member. Doctors are the people most familiar with their patients’ condition and know what is necessary to cause certain death, sick patients who have made the decision to end their lives often turn to their physicians for advice.
However, studies indicate that many physicians...
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