Youth in Asia
Posted on 09/29/2005 2:05:54 PM PDT by Salman
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Dutch government intends to expand its current euthanasia policy, setting guidelines for when doctors may end the lives of terminally ill newborns with the parents' consent.
A letter outlining the new directives will be submitted to parliament for discussion by mid-October, but the new policy will not require a vote or change of law, Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman Annette Dijkstra told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The Netherlands became the first nation to legalize euthanasia for adults under some conditions in 2001, and the latest move is likely to spark an outcry from the Vatican, right-to-life proponents and advocacy groups for the handicapped.
Euthanasia is banned in most countries, although Belgium legalized it under strict conditions in 2002. Switzerland allows passive assistance to terminally ill people who have expressed a wish to die.
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The change in Dutch policy is especially significant because it will provide the model for how the country treats other cases in which patients are unable to say whether they want to live or die, such as those involving the mentally retarded or elderly people who have become demented.
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They like this sort of thing in Nederland ~
Shhesh. I don't think anything beyond pain relif is appropriate.
Oh course. We the elite should decide who lives and who dies. Funny how the same people who are so hysteric about capital punishment turn around and think THIS is a "good idea".
Oh course. We the elite should decide who lives and who dies. Funny how the same people who are so hysteric about capital punishment turn around and think THIS is a "good idea".
"Doctor,she cries so much and soils her pants...help us,please!"
After all, we are all suffering from a disease that is 100% fatal, and just because it takes awhile to die doesn't mean that life isn't always fatal.
Just kill everybody.
But Doc the test show she will be homosexual, please help us.
But Doc she has a ceft pallet, please help us.
But Doc she does not have blue eyse, please help us.
Sickening what some people are willing to rationalize huh GSC?
The headline alone makes my heart ache.
Why bother with the pain relief, they're just going to die anyway...
Youth in Asia
Why was it bad when the Nazis did it but it's suddenly good when the liberals do it?
You're right. The Nazis cited eugenics. The liberals cite compassion. The result is the same.
Have these Godless monsters no decency or shame?
No, not that I've ever been able to discern.
Which is a parallel development to the way things began in another European country in the early 20th century. There is a logical end to this that should be obvious.
let them start by euthanizing Joren Van der Sloot....
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