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The law on Euthanasia in India distinguishes between active and passive euthanasia. Forms of active euthanasia, including the administration of lethal compounds, are still illegal in India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Catholic Church opposes active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide on the grounds that life is a gift from God and should not be prematurely shortened. However, the church allows dying people to refuse extraordinary treatments that would minimally prolong life without hope of recovery, [5] a form of passive euthanasia.
A BBC Religions article from 2009 cites Lipner's "Hindu Ethics: Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia" (1989) and states that if the mother's life is at risk, Hinduism permits abortion. [17] The general value system of Hinduism teaches that the correct course of action in any given situation is the one that causes the least harm to those involved.
Most classical Hindu texts strongly condemn abortion, although the Sushruta Samhita recommends it if the fetus is defective. [47] The British Broadcasting Corporation writes, "When considering abortion, the Hindu way is to choose the action that will do least harm to all involved: the mother and father, the foetus and society." The BBC goes on ...
Muslims view life as a gift from Allah to humans. In Islamic law, preserving life is one of the five essential objectives. [37] [38] [39] Islamic teachings emphasize that life in this world is temporary and is a period of testing, an abode of trials and tribulations and that true life is the hereafter, where humans are rewarded or punished by ...
Prayopavesa (Sanskrit: प्रायोपवेशनम्, prāyopaveśanam, lit. ' resolving to die through fasting ') [1] [2] is a practice in Hinduism that ...
Canada arguably has the world's most permissive euthanasia rules, but human rights advocates say those regulations devalue the lives of disabled people. Experts troubled by Canada's euthanasia ...
Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία, lit. 'good death': εὖ, eu, 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos, 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. [1] [2] Different countries have different euthanasia laws.