100 Children Could be Euthanized Every Year in Belgium if New Law Passes

by Wesley J. Smith


We have discussed the Belgian legislation that would open euthanasia to children more than once here at Human Exceptionalism. Now, the mainstream media is catching up. From the Washington Post story.
Belgium, where euthanasia is now legal for people over the age of 18, the government is considering extending it to children — something that no other country has done. The same bill would offer the right to die to adults with early dementia.

Note that the law’s supposed legal constraints are violated with impunity:

Dr. Gerlant van Berlaer, a pediatric oncologist at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussels hospital, says the changes would legalize what is already happening informally. He said cases of euthanasia in children are rare and estimates about 10 to 100 cases in Belgium every year might qualify.

“Might qualify?” As a famous U.S. politician recently said, “What difference does it make?” If a case doesn’t qualify, they will kill anyway and then use their lawbreaking as the justification to further expand the law–as has been the Dutch model.

The proposal would also allow the euthanasia of dementia patients who asked to be killed before losing capacity–even if they were then happy. Talk about dictatorship of the past!

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