Netherlands Hospital Euthanizes Babies
11-30-2004, 04:01 PM
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Netherlands Hospital Euthanizes Babies
So let me get this straight... they're killing-off innocent, helpless and terminally ill newborns and there's a problem with this?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041130/D86MEAA80.html
There were 29,000 registered abortions in the Netherlands during 2003. Anyone want to make a bet that at least half of them had something the euthanized babies didn't?! Maybe their good health?! Anyone?
Discuss.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041130/D86MEAA80.html
There were 29,000 registered abortions in the Netherlands during 2003. Anyone want to make a bet that at least half of them had something the euthanized babies didn't?! Maybe their good health?! Anyone?
Discuss.
11-30-2004, 04:11 PM
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I actually dont find much wrong with this program. These babies are terminally ill... without life support they wouldnt make it. I think keeping them alive, unless it is the parent's desire, is more unethical than euthanization
11-30-2004, 04:13 PM
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From what I can get from this, it's less euthanasia and more a lack of life support.
The article mostly discusses the idea of euthanasia for people who cannot make the choice themselves. But what about people who can make the choice? Basically...why is suicide illegal here? If someone is terminally ill...and in their right mind...and they say, please I want to die...why is that so bad? Just curious about that...
With the babies, though, I would be scared that the line between healthy and ill would become blured until doctors were selectively choosing which babies should live and die...that'd be real bad. If there's a way to make sure they're only euthanizing terminally ill babies (like they're gonna die within the 1st year or something), then I don't see a huge problem with it (with the parents permission, of course).
The article mostly discusses the idea of euthanasia for people who cannot make the choice themselves. But what about people who can make the choice? Basically...why is suicide illegal here? If someone is terminally ill...and in their right mind...and they say, please I want to die...why is that so bad? Just curious about that...
With the babies, though, I would be scared that the line between healthy and ill would become blured until doctors were selectively choosing which babies should live and die...that'd be real bad. If there's a way to make sure they're only euthanizing terminally ill babies (like they're gonna die within the 1st year or something), then I don't see a huge problem with it (with the parents permission, of course).
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11-30-2004, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by MVWRX
From what I can get from this, it's less euthanasia and more a lack of life support.
11-30-2004, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Salty
Then you didn't read or grasp the context of the article.
Thanks Capt. Asshat, I needed a little insult to get my day back on track. Hahahahaha.
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Originally Posted by MVWRX
The article mostly discusses the idea of euthanasia for people who cannot make the choice themselves. But what about people who can make the choice? Basically...why is suicide illegal here? If someone is terminally ill...and in their right mind...and they say, please I want to die...why is that so bad? Just curious about that...
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I'd be lying if I told you that the thought never crossed my mind of OD'ing my mom on morphine when see was dying of cancer.
Thought about
I had the motive, the opportunity, & the morphine to do it.
It seemed perfectly rational; she was gonna die anyway & in a lot of pain.
But I decided not to.
Not because of religion.
Not because it was a crime.
I don't know why I didn't do it, I'm just glad that I didn't.
Thought about
I had the motive, the opportunity, & the morphine to do it.
It seemed perfectly rational; she was gonna die anyway & in a lot of pain.
But I decided not to.
Not because of religion.
Not because it was a crime.
I don't know why I didn't do it, I'm just glad that I didn't.
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