EUTHANASIA

Is it ever right to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is undergoing severe pain and suffering? Should human beings have the right to decide on issues of life and death? Is there a moral difference between killing someone and letting them die? Those issues have been at the center of very heated debates for many years and are surrounded by religious, ethical and practical considerations. Some people think that euthanasia shouldn't be allowed, even if it was morally right, because it could be abused and used as a cover for murder. Very often people call euthanasia 'mercy killing', perhaps