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The deliberate ending of another person’s life to relieve suffering.

Deliberately ending a person’s life to relieve suffering; sometimes called mercy killing.

Euthanasia means deliberately ending a person’s life to relieve suffering. The debate often concerns people with incurable illnesses who experience severe pain or distress. It raises two connected questions: should human life always be protected, and can ending life ever be a compassionate response to suffering?

Deliberately ending another person’s life to relieve their suffering.

The deliberate ending of another person’s life to relieve their suffering.

Decisions about abortion and euthanasia involve competing responsibilities: protecting life, relieving suffering and respecting a person’s choices. People may agree that life matters but disagree about what protecting it requires.

The intentional ending of another person's life to relieve suffering.

The deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve suffering.

Deliberately ending the life of a person suffering from serious illness to relieve their suffering; sometimes called ‘mercy killing’.

Use biblical teachings as reasons Christians apply to euthanasia; do not claim that the Bible directly discusses modern euthanasia.

Develop each belief by explaining why it leads to support for, or opposition to, euthanasia.

The Bible does not directly discuss modern euthanasia. Christians interpret broader teachings about life, killing and compassion.