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You said it very well. I would add that the Right to Life includes the Right to end his/her own life in dignity.

But how does that translate into law? The euthanasia issue is not one of simply dying in dignity, but of using government to allow doctors to kill their patients--in violation of the Hippocratic oath.

They are doing harm by allowing someone to live in pain when there is no cure. If the patient is terminally ill and requesting to be euthenized under those circumstances then the government is committing a human rights violation by stopping the doctor. The doctor has an obligation to treat the person and keep them from the pain of sickness and injury when his/her services are retained. If the retainer can only live in pain then the doctor must, if asked to, help that person die in a humane way. The 5th amendment applies only to trials, it no more restricts the actions of the public than the 1st amendment. It is a bill of rights for a representative republic, not a democracy.