Posted by
InchDeep on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:00:02 AM
From the people who arrest those who deny the Holocaust. How more Hitlerian can you be.
www.catholicnewsagency.com
Madrid, Jun 2, 2008 / 01:57 pm (CNA).-
The Liberal Party in Belgium has put forth a measure that would expand
the country’s euthanasia law passed in 2002 to allow it to be applied
to children and persons with dementia.
The Spanish online daily Hoy reported that current law in Belgium
permits euthanasia “only for adults and in specific circumstances:
terminal pathologies or illnesses that cause severe pain or suffering.
Belgium was the second country in Europe behind Holland to approve the
practice.”
Now liberal lawmakers are repeating an effort made in 2004 to allow
for euthanasia for “persons with diminished brain activity due to
dementia or to accidents, although such persons must express their
desire in writing.”
The law would also force doctors who refuse to apply euthanasia to
refer patients to others who will, and they must allow the patients to
carry out the act themselves if they so wish.
Liberal Senator Jean-Jacques de Gucht is the sponsor of the measure
and says his proposals may receive the support of other parties, even
though the same strategy failed in 2004.