surveys, 68% of Americans approve of euthanasia. However, there are still many disturbing aspects regarding this issue. For instance, some have suggested that widespread availability of legal euthanasia may be abused in the interest of lowering health-care costs; others fear that elderly patients may seek to hasten their deaths in order to ease the financial and mental burdens of family members. Advocates such as Dr. Kevorkian have brought the issue into national awareness for discussion. Kevorkian’s advocacy extended to openly challenging existing legislation against euthanasia by actually performing a number of heavily publicized assisted suicides. Personal-liberty groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Libertarian Party advocate access to medically controlled end-of-life methods. On the opposing side, many Christian groups denounce euthanasia as a sin according to Biblical scripture with the arrument “It is I who bring both death and life” (Deuteronomy 32:39). An encyclical letter issued by Pope John Paul II in 1995 stated that “I confirm that euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God.” In any context and from any opinion, the concept of the Right To Die is clearly a volatile issue that will continue to be debated extensively in the United States and other countries....
