Actually it is about euthanasia...sure there's a priest in it who debates the issue but in the end euthanasia wins.
And for that Eastwood won.
We've come a long way in the movies. I can remember seeing Tom Tryon in "The Cardinal." My memory is a bit faded, but his sister, played by Carol Lynley was pregnant out of wedlock and experiencing a life-threatening labor. Because he was the next of kin, he had to make the decision for the doctors to save his sister or her baby. As a priest, he had no choice but to have them save the life of the baby. I was quite young when I saw the film and I remember questioning my mother about his decision. She explained to me that because he was a priest, he could not authorize the taking of a life...that life being the baby's. It is something that has stayed with me for quite a long time and your mentioning the priest and euthanasia in "Million Dollar Baby" brought it all back to me.