Euthanasia

From Christine's dairy, I can see that she is losing her will of living and she simply finds it difficult to find reasons to live on. The doctors and her conditions are telling her straight that she is going to die in the end and there is no cure. Maybe only a miracle can save her. This is very sad and disappointing for her. Christine has been trying hard to be optimistic so that it will not provoke the cancer cells and let her body degenerate further but this is simply too difficult for her because she knows what is going on. She know that she cannot live long but what can she do. She can do NOTHING except to feel bad, sad, depressed and fraustrated. She may even be thinking about Euthanasia. The will to choose whether to live or die.

However, Euthanasia often involves more than the patient but also the family members. The feelings and willingness to end a life of a suffering person is also a deciding factor. If Euthanasia is practice, the family members would not see their kin ever again. Doctors have a vow saying that they cannot end the life of a patient but save it. If euthanasia can be practice and is practice, is the vow broken?

Singapore is against euthanasia and mercy killing is not legalized in this country. Legal actions would be taken if anyone is caught practicing euthanasia.

I am a christian and i am generally against euthanasia. I believe that all life is God-given. Birth and death are part of the life processes which God has created, so we should respect them
therefore no human being has the authority to take the life of any innocent person, even if that person wants to die. Human life possesses an intrinsic dignity and value because it is created by God in his own image for the distinctive destiny of sharing in God's own life. Saying that God created humankind in his own image doesn't meant that people actually look like God, but that people have a unique capacity for rational existence that enables them to see what is good and to want what is good. As people develop these abilities they live a life that is as close as possible to God's life of love. This is a good thing, and life should be preserved so that people can go on doing this.To propose euthanasia for an individual is to judge that the current life of that individual is not worthwhile. Such a judgement is incompatible with recognising the worth and dignity of the person to be killed. Therefore arguements based on the quality of life are completely irrelevant
nor should anyone ask for euthanasia for themselves because no-one has the right to value anyone, even themselves, as worthless.

Patients in a persistent vegetative state, although seriously damaged, remain living human beings, and so their intrinsic value remains the same as anyone else's. So it would be wrong to treat their lives as worthless and to conclude that they 'would be better off dead. Patients who are old or sick, and who are near the end of earthly life have the same value as any other human being. People who have mental or physical handicaps have the same value as any other human being.