A while back I read about a law that has been passed in Belgian thanks to the insistence of many doctors who have requested that children with a critical illness be euthanized. Now there are a lot of things that would make a person agree or disagree with such law, but honestly, should children be robbed of their life simply because some doctors want to get rid of them? Don’t you think that is beyond cruel? We understand why animals are euthanized, but children? Should they be put down like a pet that is too sick to make it through life, or because of an injury that has rendered them disabled for the rest of their life, or because of having a chronic cold, terminal illness or anything else?
In their defense the doctors proposed the counter argument that adults in that country already have the option of assisted suicide, so children who go through illness beyond a child’s comprehension and control should be given the same choice. However it will not be up to the child to decide, doctors will decide when to call the shots and have the child euthanized. Now if that isn’t terrifying and more than a new boogieman for many children, I don’t know what is.
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In their defense the doctors proposed the counter argument that adults in that country already have the option of assisted suicide, so children who go through illness beyond a child’s comprehension and control should be given the same choice. However it will not be up to the child to decide, doctors will decide when to call the shots and have the child euthanized. Now if that isn’t terrifying and more than a new boogieman for many children, I don’t know what is.
