Dutch Hospital Begins Mercy Killings Of Infants !!!!
Dutch Hospital Begins Mercy Killings Of Infants
This is really scary. Euthanasia is understandable for terminally ill adults who can make their own decisions, but this has overtones of 'cleansing'. The statement "As things are, people are doing this secretly and that's wrong," said Eduard Verhagen, head of Groningen's children's clinic..." is scary. I give the Dutch some credit for being open about their medically sponsored infanticide. That's about my only positive thought on the issue.
How harsh or lenient are the criteria for such an act? Who gets to decide- the doctor? the parents? both? Who decided what disorders deem this an appropriate act? Will the Dutch eventually condone physician assisted suicide of a 5-year-old with terminal cancer?
To play devil's advocate, I cannot imagine what it must be like to have a terminally ill infant. I have dealt with terminally ill adults (including my dad) at the end of their lives. It is heart wrenching to watch someone that you love slide slowly towards death. I am struggling to understand the decision, to see it from the point of view of these parents, these physicians.
Ultimately, this just seems wrong to me. I think what horrifies me so much is that this is such an undertaking is so active. It is one thing to shut off a respirator. Or never put a newborn with a terminal disorder on one to begin with.
This is really scary. Euthanasia is understandable for terminally ill adults who can make their own decisions, but this has overtones of 'cleansing'. The statement "As things are, people are doing this secretly and that's wrong," said Eduard Verhagen, head of Groningen's children's clinic..." is scary. I give the Dutch some credit for being open about their medically sponsored infanticide. That's about my only positive thought on the issue.
How harsh or lenient are the criteria for such an act? Who gets to decide- the doctor? the parents? both? Who decided what disorders deem this an appropriate act? Will the Dutch eventually condone physician assisted suicide of a 5-year-old with terminal cancer?
To play devil's advocate, I cannot imagine what it must be like to have a terminally ill infant. I have dealt with terminally ill adults (including my dad) at the end of their lives. It is heart wrenching to watch someone that you love slide slowly towards death. I am struggling to understand the decision, to see it from the point of view of these parents, these physicians.
Ultimately, this just seems wrong to me. I think what horrifies me so much is that this is such an undertaking is so active. It is one thing to shut off a respirator. Or never put a newborn with a terminal disorder on one to begin with.
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