their illness or if they want to end the prolonging series of medical treatments. As the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has said in response to these proposals was that nothing and no one can permit the killing of an innocent human being. Whether it is a fetus or an embryo all the way to someone suffering from an incurable disease. The main argument is that only God can decide when someone is ready to pass on. We cannot make that decision. Legalizing euthanasia would violate our American beliefs that proclaim our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. At the Vatican on May 5, 1980 Pope John Paul II approved the Declaration onEuthanasia. In this Declaration the value of human life, the meaning of suffering for Christians and the use of painkillers, and the due proportion in the use of remedies were all discussed and answered many critical questions. Human life is seen in Christians eyes as the gift of Gods love. Life is given to us by God to live in accordance with His plan. The Declaration also stated that suicide, abortion, and euthanasia is as wrong as murder, and would be considered an act of rejection of Gods love for us. Everyones duty is to live his or her life in accordance to Gods plan or will. In ancient times euthanasia was thought of as mercy killings. The Declaration tells us that in todays society it is an intervention of medicine for the purpose of ending extreme suffering, or saving abnormal babies, or the mentally ill. Many people think that if the person who is suffering agrees to it, then it should be permitted. No one can agree to have it done to them or done to a family member or loved one because it violates the divine law. In times like this, the people who are suffering need support and love from their family and loved ones. Another topic discussed in the Declaration was suffering. It says that people who are terminally ill, in a state of lonelines...
