EUTHANASIA

DEFINITION OF EUTHANASIA

• Euthanasia is to end a persons life without their knowledge (facts about euthanasia)
• Euthanasia usually happens when a fatal liquid is injected into the vein of a person or animal ( Nicole)

WHERE THE WORD EUTHANASIA COMES FROM

• The word euthanasia comes from the Greek word for good death (facts about euthanasia )
• "Eu" in Greek means good or easy ( facts about euthanasia )
• The part Thanasia comes from the word Thanatos which means death ( Facts on euthanasia )
• Thanatos is also the Greek/ Roman god of Death ( Nicole )

FACTS ABOUT EUTHANASIA

• Euthanasia can come in many forms:
• When a competent person makes a voluntary and enduring request to be helped to die
• Suicide accomplished with the aid of another person
• To end a persons life by the use of drugs, whether by oneself or with the aid of a physician
• To end a persons life by not taking the necessary and ordinary actions to maintain life

EUTHANASIA

• Euthanasia is illegal in most countries( Associated Press)
• Doctors can still carry out euthanasia without the persons consent (Associated Press)
• In the U.S only three states haw euthanasia legalized ( Pro Con)
• Those three states are WA, VT, and OR ( Pro Con)

EUTHANASIA TODAY

• There is a 1in20 probability of you getting killed by your doctor If you have a terminal illness (Edgar)
• In Belgium they are considering giving children the right to euthanize themselves if they make the choice (RT)
• Today the EU has euthanasia legalized
• Since it was legalized there the people euthanized has jumped from a couple hundred to about 1,400 a year (RT)