Euthanasia can be defined in main ways because of the different minds that are behind them. Someone who supports euthanasia will say it is giving someone peace by ending their life of pain and suffering. Someone like me, who is against it, says that it is helping someone commit suicide because they are unsatisfied with their life. The truth is no matter how you put it, it is still killing.
Supporters say that that to commit euthanasia is dying in dignity but they are mistaken because Euthanasia denies our human character and makes us regard ourselves and others as less than fully human. In the words of J. Gay-Williams, "Euthanasia does violence to our dignity because our dignity comes from seeking our ends. When one of out goals is survival, and actions are taken that eliminate that goal, then our natural dignity suffers".
Making euthanasia illegal would help resolve other controversial issues especially ones that deal with death. Abortion could finally be shown as an act that is......

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Title: Euthanasia
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