Euthanasia = Murder??

Definitional Paper The debate of the sanctity of and right to life no longer simply deals with the unborn, but increasingly the elderly as well. The very laws once designed to protect human beings' inalienable right to life now increasingly allow the elimination of those considered unworthy to live. Doctors trained to heal and prolong life are now shortening and even destroying life altogether. Physician-assisted suicide is becoming the cure and an acceptable medical procedure. …

…in order to stop pain. There are many treatments available today that can do this effectively (Gunning, 1). Kill the pain, not the person! Death is inevitable for each of us, it is not to be hurried, and it should not be feared. Death is a very natural process and mankind should not take death into its own hands. If life does not occur naturally, but is taken by man, then it must be considered murder.