sucicide
EUTHANASIA An eighty-seven year old grandmother on a respirator, a newborn child with AIDS,and a father in a coma; all put to death by respectable doctors with the O.K. of their families. But is it really ³O.K.²? Euthanasia, or doctor-assisted suicide, has become as common as jumping off of a fifteen story building or taking a gun to oneıs own head. Certainly society frowns upon suicide, but yet putting an old lady or a man in a coma to death is being accepted every day. Society knows that suicide is bad, but euthanasia is even worse. The guilt and blame of a lost life is falling on the hands of doctorıs that we are supposed to trust, and even worse, the family members themselves. A doctor is to be known as a healer, not an agent of death. A family is supposed to love and support, not kill and inherit. Every person makes the light of the world brighter. The world needs everyoneıs power and contribution. Itıs the power and energy of the elderly, and the s! trength and will of the ill, that give the world life. The light has become very dim with the crime and corruption in todayıs world, we canıt afford to throw lives away because some think theyıre meaningless. If we continue to accept the merciless killings and suici
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Approximate Word count = 2120
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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