The issue of Euthanasia has raged for centuries. The term euthanasia comes from a word in the Greek language that literally means, “easy (or good) death”. It is one of the most argument fraught public policy issues being debated, today. Also called “mercy killing”, euthanasia is the act of deliberately making or helping someone die, instead of allowing nature to take its course. Properly understood, there are two types of Euthanasia: Active and Passive. Active Euthanasia occurs when the medical professionals, or another person, deliberately do something that causes the patient to die. Passive Euthanasia occurs when the patient dies because the medical professionals either don't do something necessary to keep the patient alive, or when they …show more content…
In modern society, the reasons for euthanasia are simple, but nonetheless complex. In this essay we are going to explore the statement: “Euthanasia is unethical, immoral, and unbiblical.” which will be proven by discussing how it is murder, a misapplication of the physicians role, and entirely unbiblical.
A man named George Delury helped his wife, Myrna Lebov, commit suicide. Ms. Lebov was suffering from multiple sclerosis and near the end of her life was able to only wash her hands and face, feed herself if the food had already been cut, apply her makeup, and brush her teeth. In addition, her memory had begun to be affected. When she asked her husband if he would help her end her life, he reported that “I said, of course I'd help. I also said in effect that I was astonished that she'd fought so hard for so long to keep going. I would have quite sooner.” In search of a solution to this problem he discovered one of the medications his wife was taking if taken in a particularly large dose could prove fatal. So over several months she cut back on her dosage, saving enough of the medicine to kill herself. Then on Independence Day they shared their traditional meal of chicken and wine, and he diluted the pills