What the Belgium Senate’s vote to legalize euthanizing children tells us

  By Dave Andrusko We’ve already posted twice on Thursday’s vote by the Belgium Senate to make it legal to euthanize children (nrlc.cc/1fqUuh1 and nrlc.cc/1cGF6g2). However this evidence that Belgium has “leaped head-first off a moral cliff’ represents something so utterly dangerous and symptomatic that it deserves further scrutiny. Here are four considerations raised by …

Continue reading "What the Belgium Senate’s vote to legalize euthanizing children tells us"

Belgian kids to be euthanized under new law

  By Michael Cook The outcome was expected, but observers overseas were astonished at the margin of victory. By a vote of 50 to 17 yesterday, the Belgian Senate approved euthanasia for children. When the bill finally passes – which now seems quite certain – there will be no age limit for choosing to die …

Continue reading "Belgian kids to be euthanized under new law"

Belgium and the Netherlands escalate their children’s euthanasia programmes

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. In this last week both Belgium and the Netherlands have taken major steps towards euthanasia for children. A consensus among members of …

Continue reading "Belgium and the Netherlands escalate their children’s euthanasia programmes"