Euthanasia is ending one's life if one has a terminal disease. It is done by a lethal injection. Euthanasia or assisted suicide began in ancient Rome and Greece. It was believed that in certain situations it was acceptable to allow or to help a person die. Certain religions are against euthanasia. The Christian, Jewish, and Islamic religions all cling to the fact that life is sacred and should not be taken away.

There are two differing types of euthanasia, passive and active. Passive euthanasia is where a doctor or another person does nothing to prevent a death, therefore allowing a person t

The most important truth about euthanasia is that it is a form of murder and ultimately, homicide. It should be against not only Federal law, but also the law of the heart, as it is unethical. This issue touches medicine at its very moral core. If this moral centre collapses and physicians become killers, or are even licensed to kill, the profession will never again be worthy of trust and respect. Physicians who can kill and commit a homicidal crime, become loose in their morals, and accordingly lose their trust as caretaker and healer. Committing this type of murder devalues human life. These doctors act as gods instead of humans, judging whether life or death will prevail. The doctor's job is to heal, to try to save the lives of those who are presented before them. Doctors cannot be gods. Much of the time, they may not even understand that what a patient really needs in his or her last days is the love and support of those around them.

o die. Passive euthanasia is not always wrong. It is allowing a person's body to take a natural course. Active euthanasia is when a doctor takes direct action to cause death (Grolier, 98). Active euthanasia is extremely wrong as it is unnatural and extremely unethical. Jonathan Gould, author of "Your Death Warrant?", put the suffering of pain into perspective. "Pain and suffering are inescapable at times in life...Generally pain can be considered natural and wholesome although unpleasant". There are many choices that should be considered before poisoning the body through euthanasia. In fact, "medically killing of sick persons would create far more distress, suffering and pain than it would relieve" (Gould and Craigmyle, 71).

The number one rule of medicine is that "doctors shall not kill". This rule has been a priority since the teachings of Hippocrates (

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