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Euthanasia cases rose 10% last year [Netherlands]
Dutch News.nl ^ | Friday 29 May 2009 | Dutch News

Posted on 06/05/2009 8:31:40 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand

A total of 2,331 people made official requests for help with killing themselves under euthanasia legislation last year, a 10% increase on 2007, Nos tv reports on Friday.

The figure comes from the annual report published by the five regional euthanasia monitoring committees.

In total, 10 cases of assisted suicide were found not to have followed official guidelines and have been referred to the public prosecution department and health inspectorate for their comments, chairman Jan Suyver told Radio 1.

Under Dutch rules, a number of criteria which must be met before euthanasia can be administered. For example, the patient must be suffering unbearable pain and the doctor must be convinced the patient is making an informed choice. The opinion of a second doctor is also required.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: euthenasia

1 posted on 06/05/2009 8:31:40 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand

Who says the European economy can’t grow!?


2 posted on 06/05/2009 8:32:24 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand

If they do it to themselves the muslims won’t have to.


3 posted on 06/05/2009 8:48:38 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ("Bankruptcy is not a sign of weakness." B. H. Obama, May 2, 2009.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Very sick place. They also practice eugenics there.

And yes, the Muslims ARE rapidly taking over because they multiply like roaches and the Dutch keep killing themselves, aborting their future children, and not starting families.


4 posted on 06/05/2009 9:07:42 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: the invisib1e hand; wagglebee
Under Dutch rules, a number of criteria which must be met before euthanasia can be administered. For example, the patient must be suffering unbearable pain and the doctor must be convinced the patient is making an informed choice. The opinion of a second doctor is also required.

It's far easier to get an abortion; why is that?

5 posted on 06/05/2009 9:09:45 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (June 4, 2009 - the day Barack Obama threw all of America under the bus.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Because babies aren’t people, at least not voting people. Unlike the dead who tend to vote.


6 posted on 06/05/2009 9:14:21 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town
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To: a fool in paradise

it would be as hard to get an abortion, but they gave up on trying to get informed consent from the baby.


7 posted on 06/05/2009 9:17:32 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: Nightshift

gnip...


8 posted on 06/05/2009 10:28:51 AM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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