Posted on 12/10/2020 9:07:19 AM PST by John Semmens
The policy of terminating the lives of the "hopelessly demented" in the Netherlands has often been difficult when patients objected to being put to death. Now, thanks to the Regional Euthanasia Review Committee (RTE), physicians will be allowed to "sedate patients who are agitated or excessively aggressive in fighting for their lives."
Additionally, the RTE has determined that "it is not necessary for the doctor to agree with the patient concerning the time or manner in which euthanasia will be given. Doctors should have the right to use the element of surprise to overwhelm any resistance to the procedure."
These "reforms" were inspired by a case in which Dr. Marinou Arends was tried for murder after sedating her patient and having her husband and daughter hold her down while she was injected with poison. While the patient had previously stated that she didn't want to live on in a decrepit state, she had also reserved the right to decide when the time was right for her to die.
Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the euthanasia review committee said "once the patient has expressed the wish to not live after she loses her wits there is no time like the present to get on with the procedure. Rather than extend an unwanted life and endure all the expenses it entails, society is better off with a speedy termination. A surreptitious sedation bypasses last minute second thoughts and clears a bed for the next patient."
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Do they have a hotline or something set up where you can report people for euthanasia?
We should report all the Dutch politicians and warn that they are irrational and combative so they need to be sedated quickly.
What's all this I keep hearing about youth in Asia? Why are they different than youth in Africa, or Europe?
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