Summary Of J. Gay-Williams The Wrongfulness Of Euthanasia

J. Gay-Williams talks about a slippery slope in his piece titled The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia. He worries about the slippery slope of euthanasia from both a patient perspective and the healthcare provider point of view. He worries about people giving up too easily or even non- terminally ill people “opting out” prematurely for other reasons other than being terminally ill and he questions whether health workers would give up more easily and steer patients towards euthanasia. Williams argues that euthanasia is permanent and does not allow for miracles or time to find cures. Williams states, “Euthanasia does violence to this natural goal of survival. It is literally acting against nature because all the processes of nature are bent toward the