Passive voluntary and active are the two mains forms of euthanasia. A cancer patient certain to die within a month may ask to have his or her respirator turned off and have the iv removed, presenting them with a quick and dignified death; this would be an example of passive euthanasia. A case a active euthanasia would be a person manually assisting the patient in suicide. A doctor providing a lethal dosage of drugs to be inserted into the arm would be an example. Keep in mind, however, that the doctor cannot be the one to trigger the drugs into the patient without turing the case into murder. This is the similar to the recent occurrence of Dr. Death's actions.

With perhaps the most infamous name in euthanasia, Doctor Jack Kevorkian's brave methods came to an abrupt halt in spring of 1999. He was sentenced to ten to twenty-five years in prison for the assisted suicide of Thomas Youk, a 52 year-old

Tired of lying in a hospital bed every day and knowing her condition would become only worse, Stevenson urged her doctor to stop treatment and send her home to face and "easy death". After much contemplation, the doctor granted her request. Stevenson died within two days of her release.

Bette Stevenson of Nebraska was a fifty-three year old widow when diagnosed with lung cancer. The cancer threatened Stevenson's life within only seven months of being with her. Stevenson was already very hard of hearing and sight. With no children and no family within close contact, her future looked very grim.

Jan Anderson, a resident of Minneapolis, gave birth to a child after only five months of pregnancy. The baby weighed just over one pound, was paralyzed from the neck down, had cerebral palsy, and was blind. Discontent with her baby's dismal future, she requested that the newborn be disconnected from it's life support and be given a quick death. However, the doctors argued profusely and saved the child's life, against Anderson's wishes. Although she loves her child and cares for him deeply, she still believes that nobody should have to be put through such a suffering.

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