Brittany Maynard's Argument Against Euthanasia

Brittany Maynard was a young woman who campaigned for “Death with dignity” and was an advocate for the organization “Compassion and Choices” that aims at defending the rights and choices of patients at the end of their lives. She was in her late twenties when she experienced a painful malignant brain tumor. She posted a video on YouTube in which she stated that she had chosen to pass away claiming that this decision would alleviate her pain just because she will die the way she wants and not the way she was supposed to. In fact, she had been undergoing terrible headaches, nausea and seizures, but when the symptoms aggravate the pain, she made that decision of prevailing over the tumor by taking deadly drugs prescribed by a doctor and consequently

First and foremost, Birth and death must be respected because they are part of life processes which God has created. Consequently, nobody on earth is allowed to end the life of any human being, even if this latter wants to pass away. It’s God, and only God, who decides the time of our death.

“Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God since it is a deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.”(Pope John Paul II:Evangelium Vitae, 1995).

Moreover, human’s body belongs to God and we don’t have the right to do anything that hurts it, so how are we supposed to kill it?

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you have been bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” (1Co.6:19-20)

Second, people who support euthanasia, on the pretext that it relieves and alleviates the pain of the suffering person, is in fact denying God’s capability of doing miracles and healing humans. It is judging that the patient’s life is no more worth it and there is no way for him to be cured, when the reality is that faith and prayers could do a

Love for my children. My friends, my family. Love for life in general. My love is undimmed, unbowed, unbroken. I want to live. Is that wrong?”

Then, he added:

“Everybody dies. But just because you die, just will die at some point in the future, does that mean you should kill yourself now?”

And he ended up saying:

“I am not a tragedy. I neither want nor need pity. I am full of hope. The word hope and MND do not go together in this country. Hope is not about looking for a cure to a disease. Hope is a way of living. We often think we are entitled to a long and fruitful Coca-Cola life. But life is a privilege, not a right. I feel privileged to be alive. That’s hope.”

He is living now with his life with his wife Ruth and his five children. He wrote and directed the movie “My Name Is Emily” in 2015, and his efficient work is an obvious proof that his life is really worth it!

In a nutshell, euthanasia means “good death” literally but it is in fact the opposite. It should not only be ignored by Christianity, Islam and Judaism, but also by any human being who believe in God and appreciate the scrumptious flavor of life, this precious gift that deserves from us to hang on there and persevere in spite of all difficulties we may encounter. Don’t you think