There is no definitive answer in this article. I am making some statements and asking some questions. Death on request or aid to suicide violates deeply-rooted moral beliefs of most faiths and is deemed ethically unjustifiable. These beliefs have most certainly influenced our civic laws. In Canada euthanasia and assisted suicide are forbidden. Ten years ago the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against physician-assisted suicide when Sue Rodriguez petitioned to end her life. Recent cases are again challenging that ruling? Journalists evoke approval of assisted death by emotionally describing the petitioners’ desire to leave their pain behind. Anti-doctor-assisted suicide proponents ask whether legalization implies a normalization and approval of euthanasia, turning it into an ordinary and established element of medical and clinical practice. Should this legislation be changed? If the ruling isn’t changed, and if the church continues to oppose this practice, it must realize a responsibility to suffering people, to help them deal with the experience of meaningless suffering. Civil libertarians assert that the right to life does not imply an obligation to live. This debate will not go away. They will say that neither from a legal nor a Christian point of view have we the right to oblige others to live or to go on living. Do we or don't we?
