Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Dutchnews.nl is reporting that the Liberal Democratic Party will be introducing legislation to extend euthanasia to people who are not sick or dying, but who state that their life is complete. The Dutchnews article quotes recent polling that suggests that 55% of those polled in the Netherlands supportedContinue reading “Euthanasia for "completed Life" to be debated in the Dutch parliament.”
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Netherlands politician pushes to expand euthanasia to people who are "tired of living."
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition In October 2016 I reported that the Dutch government were considering expanding the euthanasia law to include people who are not physically or psychologically suffering but who believe that their “life is complete.” The issue of the “completed life” was not legislated at that time, but now the DutchContinue reading “Netherlands politician pushes to expand euthanasia to people who are "tired of living."”
Three Netherlands euthanasia deaths are being investigated.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article, on June 23, by Senay Boztas, for the Guardian outlines several euthanasia deaths that are being investigated or prosecuted in the Netherlands. EPC supporters will remember the case of the euthanasia death of a woman with dementia, in 2016, who resisted the lethal injection. Boztas explains: …in August, a DutchContinue reading “Three Netherlands euthanasia deaths are being investigated.”