Euthenasia for youth in Europe
Dutch to set guidelines for euthanasia of babies - Children's Health - MSNBC.com
Number one: I don't believe people should suffer. Sounds like a ringing endorsement for euthanizing terminally ill infants, right?
Wrong.
One person in the article said that such a law (allowing euthanizing infants) is "prone to abuse." How? Here's an example. For whatever reason, a woman decides she doesn't want an abortion, but she doesn't want the child. She essentially abuses her body to help ensure a weak and/or very sick infant. You can follow the logic from there, as thinking about this is making me sick. But I guarantee: if I can think of it, someone else will.
That's one way of saying the law would be "prone to abuse." God only knows how many other ways a person could "abuse" this law. The thought is terrifying.
Number one: I don't believe people should suffer. Sounds like a ringing endorsement for euthanizing terminally ill infants, right?
Wrong.
One person in the article said that such a law (allowing euthanizing infants) is "prone to abuse." How? Here's an example. For whatever reason, a woman decides she doesn't want an abortion, but she doesn't want the child. She essentially abuses her body to help ensure a weak and/or very sick infant. You can follow the logic from there, as thinking about this is making me sick. But I guarantee: if I can think of it, someone else will.
That's one way of saying the law would be "prone to abuse." God only knows how many other ways a person could "abuse" this law. The thought is terrifying.
posted by xanadian at 6:30 PM
2 Comments:
If the concept was invented by a person then there is and will be some sort of abuse. I still do beleive than no one should suffer.
If two doctors agree it's hopeless, then sure.
I agree it's somewhat different to old people because they are 'sentient' enough to decide what to do with their life, but a child is more like putting a dog to sleep (no cheapening intended)
There are some deseases that definately are hopeless and incurable, like the brain stem and missing vital bits, and it's more human to let the baby go, rather than let it live out it's 3 month life in pain.
What you said about abusing the system however, SICK, TWISTED and entirely possible, if not unavoidable. There are babies like this anyway, and that shouldn't mean they suffer because there are adults who are not human. Is that illegal yet?
It almost makes me think that it ends well because the kids don't have to live with anyone people that evil and stupid
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