EUTHENASIA
Euthenasia is the proverbial slippery slope. Professor Theo Boer - a prominent Professor of Ethics who was once part of the Netherlands' euthenasia bureaucracy voiced his qualms about the present interpretation and use of the Dutch euthenasia law in a lengthy interview published by Trouw, Alleged News. [1]
Euthenasia is the proverbial slippery slope. Professor Theo Boer - a prominent Professor of Ethics who was once part of the Netherlands' euthenasia bureaucracy voiced his qualms about the present interpretation and use of the Dutch euthenasia law in a lengthy interview published by Trouw, Alleged News. [1]
Prof Theo Boer is worried that current trends in the Netherlands are trivializing euthenasia to an extent that many who fought for legalization of 'mercy killing' in the 1990's now privately express their opinion that it has gone too far. And it will be hard to turn back the clock, he acknowledges; Alleged News.
Professor Boer is particularly concerned about the 'End of Life Clinic's' growing role as a a euthenasia provider; Alleged News. [1]
Statistics are clear; Twelve years after the Dutch euthenasia law came into force, euthenasia statistics moved from 1,800 declared cases per year to 4,800 in 2013, reaching a total of more than 25,000 medical killings; Alleged News.
In 2013, 46 psychiatric patients and 97 patients suffering from dementia were euthenized; Alleged News.
Over the years, roughly 100 cases were deemed 'not careful' by the control commissions and handed on to the public prosecution, Alleged News. Not a single case gave rise to a trial, Alleged News. [1]
Termination of life in newborns with MMC[meningomyelocele]
Deliberate and active termination of life in newborns with MMC is discussed and practised in an open way in the Netherlands, Alleged News. [2]
The judgment "unbearable and hopeless suffering" of the newborn and "the prospect of unbearable and hopeless suffering" in the future, together with the notion that there is "no other proper medical means to alleviate the unbearable suffering" forms the basis for this decision, Alleged News. [2]
A critical reappraisal of Deliberate termination of life of newborns with spina bifida has been authored by T.H. Rob de Jong. The link can be found at number [2].
'Don't make our mistake'
Legalising assisted suicide is a slippery slope towards widespread killing of the sick, MP's and peers in the UK were told in 2014, Alleged News. [3]
Theo Boer, now known as a former euthenasia supporter, warned of a surge in deaths if Parliament allowed doctors to give deadly drugs to their patients, Alleged News. [3]
'Don't do it, Britain', said Theo Boer, a veteran European watchdog in assisted suicide cases. 'Once the genie is out of the bottle, it is not likely ever to go back in again.' [3]
His native Netherlands, where euthenasia has been legal since 2002, saw deaths double in just six years, Alleged News. [3]
Professor Boer admitted he was 'wrong - terribly wrong, in fact' to have believed regulated euthenasia would work, Alleged News.
'I used to be a supporter of the Dutch law. But now, with 12 years experience, I take a very different view,' Alleged News. [3]
[1] Euthenasia in the Netherlands is getting out of hand: ethicist who screened over 4,000 euthenasia cases; Alleged News
[2] T.H. Rob de Jong, Deliberate termination of life in newborns with spina bifida, a critical reappraisal
[3] Don't make our mistake: As assisted suicide bill goes to Lords, Dutch watchdog who once backed euthenasia warns UK of 'slippery slope' to mass deaths, Alleged News
With thanks to lifesitenews.com, ncbi.nlm.nig.gov, dailymail.co.uk
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