| − | '''Euthanasia''' is the deliberate killing of a disabled, terminally ill or elderly person. Under Anglo-American law and most religions euthanasia is treated as murder. | + | '''Euthanasia''' is the deliberate killing of a terminally ill person. Under Anglo-American law, and in most religions, euthanasia is treated as murder. |
| − | Some [[liberals]] support euthanasia, and have succeeded in legalizing it The [[Netherlands]] and, upon advice of physicians, in [[Oregon]].
| + | Many [[liberals]], and some conservatives, support euthanasia in some circumstances. Voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill patients suffering from excruciating pain has been legalized in the [[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]] and, upon advice of physicians, in the US state of [[Oregon]]. |
| − | An example of euthanasia was the withdrawal of a feeding tube from the disabled [[Terri Schiavo]] with a court order prohibiting anyone from bringing her water. | + | An example of euthanasia was the withdrawal of a feeding tube from the disabled and comatose [[Terri Schiavo]], with a court order prohibiting anyone from bringing her water. |