Belgium’s euthanasia law was expanded to apply to those under the age of 18 in 2014, and the first child to be euthanized under that expansion died within the past week. Because it involves a minor child, very few details...
Read MoreFresh off of Belgium’s legalizing euthanasia for children, child “advocates” in Scotland seeks to enable dying kids to commit assisted suicide. From the London Times story (subscription pay wall): In a submission to MSPs, the...
Read MoreNone are so blind as those who refuse to see. A bioethicist named Tony Hope supports Belgium’s new child euthanasia law as if we have no history of how loosely doctor-administered death has actually been applied in that morally...
Read MoreEuthanasia is a virulent affliction of the modern era. (For one of the reasons why, see my current First Things column.) The Netherlands allows euthanasia down to age 12 and so tolerates infanticide–technically murder under the...
Read MoreSometimes life gives me emotional whiplash. On one hand, a little Canadian girl named Emma narrates a sweet short film, embedded above, about her younger brother Teddy, disabled by cerebral palsy. Teddy is valued and loved. From...
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