Euthanasia Defense *<Tab/>Euthanasia: the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. (The key word here is "intentional". If death is not intended, it is not an act of euthanasia) *<Tab/>Voluntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed has requested to be killed. *<Tab/>Non-voluntary: When the person who is killed made …showed first 75 words of 559 total…

…showed last 75 words of 559 total…has spread to include nonvoluntary euthanasia for many who have no terminal illnesses. Half the killings in the Netherlands are now nonvoluntary, and the problems for which death in now the legal "solution" include such things as mental illness, permanent disability, and even simple old age. 7. You don't solve problems by getting rid of the people to whom the problems happen. The more difficult but humane solution to human suffering is to address the problems.