Thank you. To me this once again ties in with the materialis version of reductionism. Euthanasia, cloning, chimeras...all are results of the continual assault on humanity's dignity, until we are left with none. I don't want euthanasia in here anymore than I want RU-486 here. The inroads the pro-death crowd has made is astounding.
People don't want to have to face pain or suffering. The things we are faced with in today's mess of a world are due to an excess of wealth, rather than a lack thereof. Listen to the abortionists scream for their freedom, then listen to them scream louder if you publish the reality of what their freedom does to that of the child. And the uninvolved mass just wants to be left alone. Basically, we are soft and we are spoiled.
When the questions of the day are "should we" rather than "can we"....our physical abilities are surpassing our moral capacities.
IMO euthenasia, abortion, and other quick fixes fit into the liberal mindset because the unspoken - but very real - goal is the relief of the negative guilt feelings people have....the pain. The absence of pain is not freedom, it's anesthetic. The pain returns, and often it is worse than before. Give some people a little and they'll get hooked. That's more inviting of socialism than a love of life.