Dutch commission to set rules on baby euthanasia
The Netherlands is setting up a commission to regulate the
practice of ending the lives of "seriously suffering" newborn babies,
the government said on Tuesday, in a move critics say could allow more
euthanasia
Source: Reuters (online), November 29, 2005
The Dutch government intends to expand its current
euthanasia policy, setting guidelines for when doctors may end the lives
of terminally ill newborns with the parents’ consent, The Associated
Press has learned….
The new guidelines are likely to spark an outcry from
the Vatican, right-to-life proponents and some advocacy groups for the
handicapped who abhor the current policy that allows adult euthanasia if
the patients request it and if certain conditions are met.
Source: My Way, September 29, 2005
The Dutch government plans to open an electronic file on
every child at birth as a tool to spot and protect the troubled kids of
the future.
Source: NewsMax, September 13, 2005
In a proposal that will ban the giving of disciplinary
smacks, the Dutch Cabinet has decided to outlaw all forms of violence
against children to combat child abuse.
Source: Expatica (online), February 14, 2005
A study published today in the Dutch Journal of Medicine
reveals that doctors in the Netherlands have been killing infants born
with disabilities at least since 1997, despite euthanasia of children
being illegal in that country.
Source: WorldNetDaily, January 22, 2005
The Royal Dutch Medical Association has concluded, after
a three-year investigation, that Dutch doctors ought to be able to kill
patients who are not ill but who are judged to be "suffering through
living."
Source: LifeSite (online), January 11, 2005
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