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Expert: Child euthanasia a 'logical progression'

Friday, February 14, 2014 11:45
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When Belgium, on the heels of the Netherlands, passed a measure in 2002 legalizing euthanasia amid fierce opposition, it limited the practice to adults.

Now, 12 years later, after an emotional debate, Belgium’s parliament Thursday voted to make the European nation the first in the world to remove age restrictions on euthanasia.

Americans should take heed, warns a leading opponent of the so-called “aid-in-dying” movement, Rita Marker, who believes activists in the U.S. who helped pass assisted-suicide laws in Oregon and Washington state are similarly monitoring the political winds and moving in incremental steps toward laws with little or no restrictions.

“Belgium is just a poster country for where this goes,” Marker told WND in an interview.

More @ WND


Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2014/02/expert-child-euthanasia-logical.html

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