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This is why I consider it “contentious”: «On February 13, 2014, Belgium legalized euthanasia by lethal injection for children,» from [1]. «Even the controvers
by elygre 7y ago
This is why I consider it “contentious”:
«On February 13, 2014, Belgium legalized euthanasia by lethal injection for children,» from [1].
«Even the controversial head of Belgium’s euthanasia commission is concerned that a well-known Belgian psychiatrist is allowing too many of her psychiatric patients to be euthananised,» from [2].
1: http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/belgium/ http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/belgium/
2: https://www.bioedge.org/mobile/view/belgium-euthanasia-doctors-split-over-psychiatric-illness/12490 https://www.bioedge.org/mobile/view/belgium-euthanasia-docto...
- CalRobert 7y ago'The law states a child would have to be terminally ill, face "unbearable physical suffering" and make repeated requests to die - before euthanasia is considered. ' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26181615 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26181615 Perhaps the law is not being applied this way, but I think the idea here is "this poor child is in agony with no hope of improvement and keeping them alive is torture in a sense" - not "let's take terminally ill children lightly"