Euthanasia and its effects
Euthanasia 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 perso!n 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 Februa
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