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REFLECTON ESSAY The group decided to do a case study on Death and Dignity Act. Through our presentation, the group discussed if Euthanasia was morally and ethically right through the eyes of Thresa Christensen. Thresa Christensen was a character from the case study in which her father decided act upon voluntary active euthanasia. As group, we thought it would be best if is Theresa Christensen spoke on from the behalf of herself as a person who supports voluntary active euthanasia. The case study project has taught me a variety of skills to understand what is morally and ethically right according to the group’s research, biblical standards of ethics, and discovering my personal ethics about euthanasia. As the group first started researching, we had to decide whether we would support euthanasia or not. This was rather difficult because as the group we had to either decide whether we were for euthanasia or if we were against it. To overcome the difficult task, the group decided to split the group into three people each. Half of the group decided to research the reasons of why euthanasia should be legal, while the other half of the group decided to research the reasons of why euthanasia should not be legal. I was part of the given the task of researching of why euthanasia should be illegal. As I researched I noticed that there were a lot of reasons of why euthanasia should be illegal including the value of human life, pressure of doctors, and the murder that euthanasiaShow MoreRelatedEuthanasi The Death With Dignity Act1312 Words   |  6 PagesOregon which upholds the Death with Dignity Act â€Å"passed by a margin of 51% to 49% as stated by the Oregon Health Authority. Thus, even though Niles suggested that Oregon supports euthanasia, the Death with Dignity Act seemingly remains controversial because almost half of the population in Oregon is against Euthanasia, and there are stakeholders who still challenge its implementation. In the context of this paper, euthanasia refers to an instance in which â€Å"the physician would act directly, for instance