However, not all opponents would support all the arguments outlined below. Active Voluntary Euthanasia and the Bills Digest for the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996. The term 'euthanasia' means a quiet and easy death. Reverence for God's creation requires refraining from any unnecessary and wilful destruction of that creation. Euthanasia is the intentional and premature killing of a human being.
Human life is of such basic value that the state has a duty to protect it from intentional killing.
The state has no moral right to legalise active or passive euthanasia as though it would affect only the individuals involved. That the right to die is a human right is a fallacious argument. A right to be killed would infer that another person could respond to a request for induced death, so that it also necessarily supposes another right, the right of another person to kill when asked. In a liberal democratic society people have the right to make choices in accordance with their own values. Liberal democratic societies recognise this fact by restricting a citizen's autonomy only when it is required for the common good or to protect individuals from harm.