jority of people can be separated into three main groups. The groups that are fighting against the legalization of euthanasia are conservative religious groups, medical associations, and groups concerned with disabilities. These three groups all have their own argument on why we should no allow the use of euthanasia. The religious groups feel that it is God's place to decide the time and place of a person's death, not your own. They feel that if someone chooses to take an innocent life, they are "playing God". Yet, if that is the case one must then question the use of medicine and the act of helping others. If someone has been in a car accident and is bleeding to death should we just stand there and watch, because it is God's will for that person to die. Anyone who makes this claim form a religious point of view must state when human action is supposed to encroach on divine power. The Medical associations have their own arguments against euthanasia. They believe that the Hippocratic Oath expressly forbids the giving of deadly medicine to anyone for any reason. Although the American Medical Association has condemned physician-assisted suicide as an unethical practice, the majority of doctors in some areas are in favor of this practice in extreme circumstances. The Medical field also agrees that in some cases a misdiagnosis could occur or a possible cure could be found. In this case, the physician would want to extend their patient's life as long as possible. Another downfall would be that doctors might feel less obligated to provide the best possible care if administering death was always a possibility. As for the groups concerned with people with disabilities, they have their own original argument. They believe that even if assisted suicide is accepted in the most limited forms, after people become more comfortable with the idea doctors might eventually allow the killing of the handicapped, the poor, or the elderly. The belief that once...
