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Slaying of Life without the Right, the Law of Euthanasia In our modern times a heinous and unethical policy is being accepted killing thousands legally through out the world every year. This expanding terror which is plaguing our society disguising itself with more politically correct and publicly agreeable terms such as physician-assisted suicide and abortion, giving doctors room to be comfortable to delve into these medical shortcuts. I am convinced along with Victor Frankl that “suicide is never ethically justified,” and that this washing of life diminished Gods’ great gift to a mere human choice. Most cases are not only handled through contradictory laws on which our country was built but by “consigned” doctors, proving that our country has had a absolute loss of life’s substance. The headstone for these policies seems to be euthanasia, or “a search for a good death” (Arguing Euthanasia, 37), the word itself is formed from the Greek words “Eu”(good) and “tha`natos” (death) translating to “the desired end to a life well lived.” (Last Rights, 48) However this mercy killing does not refer to “Nazi-like elimination of the sick, old, or unproductive…”(Arguing Euthanasia, 37). Resulting