THE NETHERLANDS has become the first nation since Hitler's Germany to legalize euthanasia -- the direct killing of patients by physicians. There are restrictions. There must be voluntary consent to be euthanized; the patient must be suffering irremediable and unbearable pain; and a second physician's opinion must be obtained.
But these restrictions already existed during the years in which euthanasia was quasi-legal in the Netherlands. That is, patients were put to death by doctors who were very rarely even prosecuted, let alone convicted. During that time, official figures revealed that many patients were euthanized without their consent. Their compassionate doctors felt those lives were of such low quality that they were not worth being continued.
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This article from 2001 detailed the "slippery slope" pathway taken by the Netherlands in recent years, and how places like Canada and The People's Republic of California have healthcare professionals begging courts to be allowed to follow suit. Chilling. And it's from 4 years ago...it's becoming obvious how much as changed in the few years since.
Before the gas chambers, before the Holocaust, German doctors euthanized not only the "incurable" but also mentally defective patients on the principle that some lives are unworthy of living ("lebensunvertes Leben"). Later, the Nazis called those unfit to live "useless eaters."
Amerika is now on the list.