Should a dying patient have the right to require doctors to end his life? Should a doctor be protected from lawsuits if he assistes his patients to kill themselves as required? Those pro-euthanasia supporters will give a definite answer "Yes", but they overlook the potential threat behind this "assisted suicide".
Euthanasia, also called "mercy killing", is one of the most controversial issues in nowaday society. Many people approve such a quiet and easy way of death and argue that euthanasia should be legalized. But in fact, euthanasia is in conflict with most religions and will bring tremendous negative influences to the whole society. Therefore it should never be legalized. The main reasons can be listed as follows.
Point 1: euthanasia violates the religious beliefs of many nations and the legitimation of euthanasia will probably provoke opposition of those devout religious people. The matter of death constitutes one of the most important things that religions deal with. Almost every faith pays special attention to death. According to most religions, all human life is sacred, and is worth protecting. In Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, it is clearly stated that "when their time comes they cannot delay it for a single hour nor can they bring it forward by a single hour", that is to say the length of one's life is destined, we can never do anything to interfere with it. Only Allah has the right to end it. Similarly, life is a gift from God, according to Christianity. It is wrong to meddle in the process of dying, whether in form of murder, suicide or euthanasia, since the right to decide death belongs to God alone. In addition, the Jewish tradition also regards human life with supreme moral values and forbids doing anything that might shorten life.