1. By Michelle Goldsborough E UTHANASIA

2. U NDERSTANDING E UTHANASIA  What is it?  Different types  Voluntary  Non-voluntary  Involuntary

3. D R. J ACK K EVORKIAN  Right-to-die activist  Built the “Thanatron”  Admitted to “assisting” at least 130 patients

4. T HE “T HANATRON ”

5. T HOMAS Y OUK C ASE  Tried several times for assisted suicide  52-year old man suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease

6.  Contacted Kevorkian requesting his “services”  Challenged the government by submitting videotape to 60 Minutes  Found guilty of second- degree murder Thomas Youk Kevorkian’s Mugshot

7. L EGALIZING E UTHANASIA The right to die or the right to live?

8. A RGUMENTS IN S UPPORT OF E UTHANASIA  No one should be forced to live in pain and suffering.  Everyone has the right to their own bodies.

9. A RGUMENTS A GAINST E UTHANASIA  Patients may feel pressured into choosing this option to relieve their families.  Oregon implemented the Death with Dignity Act (1997)

10. D EATH WITH D IGNITY A CT  Legalized physician- assisted suicide  About one-third of patients chose euthanasia to relieve their families  Unbearable pain a reason for a small number of cases

11. A RGUMENTS A GAINST E UTHANASIA  The focus should be on the duties we have to care for the ill and dependent.  There will be no definite way to keep it under control.  More cases of involuntary euthanasia and for illegitimate reasons  Already out of control in places where it is legalized

12. R EPORTS FROM THE N ETHERLANDS  Dutch doctors only report half of all euthanasia cases.  Three surveys determined at least 1,000 patients killed through involuntary euthanasia every year.