Child under 12 is euthanised in Netherlands

@MoveAlong
I've just had two friends of mine in the past 6 months go through the process of assisted suicide. They both had cancer, but the process is very streamlined and quick and easy here in Canada, though you have to show reasonable grounds for doing this.

Many Americans come to Canada to go through this process because the States they often live in are so ultra conservative that they're governing authority would rather see someone suffer like a rabid dog than to witness some licensed physician put them out of their misery in 3 easy steps.

You don't need a medical plan to have this done in Canada, but we still take cash here.. $ ..and VISA is also accepted if you're using plastic.. but not American Express.

@swirlie Euthanasia should be universally available. There is no sensible argument against it. In my opinion it should be available on demand with limited red tape.

@MoveAlong
...but you have to remember that you live in the USA and what is considered 'normal' and 'universally available' around the world, isn't necessarily embraced by America's evangelical base. Therein lies the dead-end of the road for most Americans for most things in life that the rest of the world simply takes for granted as being readily available because it makes sense.

@Northwest Suffering unbearably? Why can others bear it if it is unbearable?

@emiliya others don't either. They just may opt for suicide instead, traumatizing the person who finds the body.

@Jackaloftheazuresand no, the decision involves all kinds of information gathering. Conversations are part of it, but I never claimed it is the only or most valuable method.

@Jackaloftheazuresand I was asking when you are going to make that duality clear to us. If my Dutch neighbour understands it, that's great... but I still don't.

I also don't understand this entire bickering about subjective experiences. Or what you are even trying to convey. But I also think you have no idea what you are talking about... espescially after this:




Considering that the law was made specifically for children between 1 and 12 years of age. That are already terminally ill, and for whom it's impossible to relief their suffering in any other way.

SOURCE:
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/themas/familie-zorg-en-gezondheid/levenseinde-en-euthanasie/levensbeeindiging-bij-kinderen-van-1-12-jaar


In other words, a case were palliative care, isn't sufficient to mitigate suffering. The doctor, has to decide that:

1. The child is terminally ill and can't be cured
2. The suffering that the child goes through is severe and can't be mitigated.

They don't decide on the "value" or "worth" that a person had.
And in this particulair case, the child and the parents need to be the asking party. It's not doctors deciding for the patient, it's the patient (with guidance of the parents because of being underage) that makes the descision and doctors decide if their are eligble.

@Convivial Who is healthy? No body is perfect.

@emiliya in this case the child had a serious illness and all legal requirements were fulfilled

@Waveney
That is correct, none of it is true. Be advised that sree251 is a known troll on this website who is only here to stir the pot and create disharmony among the membership and has a long reputation of saying crap just like he posted here.