Issue # 2: Euthanasia and PAS

    
     Last semester, two groups did final presentations on this subject. What really bothered me was that one of the presenters said, "If you do not agree with this, you should not go into the medical field."
     What is Euthanasia? It is basically, an overdosage of drugs that a doctor delivers to a terminally ill patient with the patient's or family of the patient's consent to end "suffering."
     What is Physician Assisted Suicide? This is where the doctor gives the patient the means to kill themselves.
     First, everyone suffers for a reason. It is a way that God often tests if we truly believe in Him. Sometimes, just because a person is terminally ill, it does not really mean that the patient is suffering.
     Second, everyone who agrees to and/or does ever do this will have to answer to God - unless they are forgiven - because, in God's eyes, this would be murder. It is God's call whether to send a person from the earth or not. Assisting in killing another person - even if it is not directly - or killing yourself is not Christian (e.g. when Satan entered the heart of Judas, Judas killed himself).
     Third, for all you know, the family could be wanting to get rid of that family member for inheritance (you never know, it might happen).
     So, I do not agree with it and hopefully, I will never come to this sort of dilemma; however, if I do choose God's way and I lose my job, so be it.


*Just for your information, Euthanasia will be legalized in Canada sometime in February.