Posted on 03/20/2006 4:26:56 PM PST by wagglebee
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Italian minister has accused the Netherlands of adopting Nazi-style eugenics laws under the banner of euthanasia.
“Nazi legislation and Hitler’s ideas are re-emerging in Europe via Dutch euthanasia laws and the debate on how to kill ill children,” said Parliamentary Affairs minister Carlo Giovanardi on an Italian radio programme last Friday.
He said it is “eugenics” to debate killing children “who are ill or have Down syndrome.”
“We could just as easily apply this to senior citizens,” he said.
Giovanardi is a member of the conservative Christian Democrat party in Italy. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende is also a Christian Democrat. He was outraged by Giovanardi’s comments, reported Expatica.
Another Italian political leader, Daniele Capezzone, a member of the secular ‘La Rosa nel Pugno’ party that supports euthanasia legislation, was also part of the radio programming. He called on Giovanardi to apologize, but the minister refused, and repeated his remarks.
Holland has recently adopted the recommendations of the Groningen Protocol, a committee that will regulate doctors in the killing of seriously ill children. Within a few weeks, it will be legal to kill children who are suffering from terminal illness with no hope of recovery.
The illicit euthanasia of infants has been going on in the country for some time—doctors already “help to die” at least 15-20 babies every year, with no legal consequences.
Holland to Allow Baby Euthanasia
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/mar/06030601.html
He said it is “eugenics” to debate killing children “who are ill or have Down syndrome.”
I hope the whole world understands this.
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Calling it what it is.
****“We could just as easily apply this to senior citizens,” he said****
Thats probably the next step.
God used the pagan Babylonians to punish Israel. Are swarms of Muslim immigrants God's judgement on an apostate, godless Europe ?
Probably easier. Handicapped adults after that.
The Italian Minister is right.
Yes.
This is calling it what it is.
Thanks for posting this, wagglebee. It used to be true that...a doctor who thought he was God was considered mentally ill. Holland is changing that.
I just checked in to FR and was going to ping you to this.
Sometimes making comparisons to Nazism is completely fitting. This is one of those times.
They have been applying it to senior citizens for years; just not "officially". A couple of years ago I read that many elderly people in the Netherlands are afraid to go to the doctor or the hospital for that very reason.
There are plenty of other threads where you can high-five like-minded deathists, but this is a pro-life thread, OK?
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