Many people believe euthanasia is helping someone ease the pain by "letting them go". Many believe, they can play the role of God and control other's time to go. The true definition of euthanasia is the act or omission of itself that causes death to relieve pain and suffering. People sometimes forget euthanasia is truly assisted suicide.
             The value of human life is a huge fight for the Catholic Church. "The Church strongly believes in the sanctity of life and the preservation of life at all stages from conception to death."1 Human life is truly a gift from God, and people need to cherish that each and everyday. We all have a duty and reason for life in accordance with God's plan. "No one has such a right, even if the purpose of causing death is to end suffering."2
             "Doctors must not kill"3 , was an article printed in "Journal of American Medical Association" defending pro-life. People that choose to go into the medical field choose to help and save human lives. They did not be put onto this earth to play Jesus Christ himself.
             Health-care professionals use terms such as, "medically ordinary means" and "medically extraordinary means" when talking about end-of-life decisions. Medically ordinary refers to customary treatment for a condition and medically extraordinary refers to treatments that are experimental. "The Church teaches that one is morally obliged to use only ethically ordinary means to preserve life."4 Nothing should stand in the way of health-care professionals from trying to save a patient and doing their jobs. No one should be pushed aside as a burden in life.
             "For those who die in Christ's grace it is a participation in the death of the Lord, so that they can also share his resurrection."5 In the Lord Jesus Christ, death is the passing beyond itself to a new internal life. "Death is th...