Artificial Deprivation of Human Life: The Legal, Moral and Religious Controversy of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Euthanasia or assisted suicide could be defined as the practice of artificial deprivation human life to end unbearable and incurable suffering a terminally ill person. Medical Historians believe that ancient Greeks Romans were in support concept mercy killing rather than denying whole notion. While opponents proponents euthanasia have not arrived at mutual understanding yet, Oregon, USA was first state decriminalize while Netherlands Belgium nations legalize suicide. many countries across globe comprising few Asia including Japan, adopted similar means, Sri Lanka remains inflexible when it comes this subject. Any sort intentional taking is considered an offence Article 296 penal code prescribes death penalty for such actions which amount murder. Suicide also under article 299 person who aids assists penalized with capital punishment though has de-facto moratorium on executions since 1976. The only instance where Lankan law allows wilful ending section 303 medical termination pregnancy possible strictly condition preservation mother’s life. This qualitative research carried out literature-based, comparative study, concentrates euthanasia, suicide, legal, moral, religious controversy led examples from other considering possibility decriminalizing physician-assisted patients, stringent conditions suggesting favour voluntary passive euthanasia.