Title: Religious Groups’ Views on End-of-Life Issues | Pew Research Center
Headings: Religious Groups’ Views on End-of-Life Issues
November 21, 2013
Religious Groups’ Views on End-of-Life Issues
Assemblies of God
Buddhism
Catholicism
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Episcopal Church
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
National Baptist Convention
Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
United Church of Christ
Unitarian Universalist Association
United Methodist Church

Content: 2012. “ Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Beyond Terminal Illness .” ( PDF)
Priests for Life. “ Brief Reflections on Euthanasia .” Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, believing that taking one’s own life or the life of another violates God’s commandments and his plan for each person. “ While acknowledging the suffering experienced by many, we firmly believe in the sanctity of human life and in its role in God’s plan,” says Lyman Kirkland, a spokesman in the church’s public affairs department. However, the church teaches that when someone is dying, it is acceptable to forgo excessive or extraordinary therapies. “ The church does not believe that allowing a person to die from natural causes” – removing a patient from artificial life support, for example – “falls within the definition of euthanasia,” Kirkland says, adding that “families should not feel obligated to extend life by unreasonable means.” For more information: