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11/20/05
EUTHANASIA IS MURDER


Euthanasia - is it killing or letting die? In the last thirty years,

this has been a highly controversial topic. The worldly morals versus the

Christian morals, although there are certain instances where it is justifiably

considered to be letting die, it is essentially murder.


Euthanasia comes from a Greek word, meaning "easy death," and is now

often associated with the infamous Dr. Kevorkian. There are three types of

euthanasia - what doctors consider being "letting the patient die," for instance

taking both conscious and unconscious patients off of life support, not reviving

the patient in case of a heart failure, etcetera. There is also assisted

suicide. Dr. Kevorkian and his suicide machine have made themselves known

through this technique. The machine injects a lethal dosage into the "patients"

blood stream, killing then painlessly within ten minutes.

The first type mentioned above is known as "active voluntary

euthanasia." This is where a conscious person, usually with

a severe physical ailment, loses the will to live. Many have said that keeping

them alive is just prolonging their death, a form of cruel and unusual

punishment. They may ask that life support equipment be disconnected so that

they can die quickly, painlessly, with dignity. Most doctors are trained to try

their best to defeat death, or at least try to delay it as long as possible. But

if the patient is hopelessly ill, and would prefer to die, the doctor may

consult the hospital ethics committee, and take him or her off of life support.
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