Netherlands Hospital Euthanizes Babies

[Pah]

Netherlands Hospital Euthanizes Babies

Nov 30, 4:24 PM (ET)

By TOBY STERLING

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A hospital in the Netherlands - the first nation to permit euthanasia - recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures, which include administering a lethal dose of sedatives.

The announcement by the Groningen Academic Hospital came amid a growing discussion in Holland on whether to legalize euthanasia on people incapable of deciding for themselves whether they want to end their lives - a prospect viewed with horror by euthanasia opponents and as a natural evolution by advocates.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041130/D86MEAA80.html

 

[Jaymes]

If they're terminally ill, I don't see the problem. Especially if it's something like the Harlequin Fetus... *shudders* I seem to have that on the brain lately...

 

[Valjean]

In the US we achieve the same end but we use the less direct approach of denying or withdrawing care.

 

[Quoth The Raven]

If they're terminally ill, I don't see the problem. Especially if it's something like the Harlequin Fetus... *shudders* I seem to have that on the brain lately...

I've just gone and looked that up . That is truly awful. If you had a fetal skin biopsy and they told you the fetus had that, you'd probably lean toward abortion, let alone euthenasia after birth.