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| Wesley Smith |
The Netherlands, along with Belgians, permit organ harvesting to be conjoined to euthanasia.
Now, consider a doctor–who has completely swallowed the euthanasia hemlock point-of-view–looking upon a “suffering” patient, believing his life to be not worth living, and thinking that he has some perfectly good and usable kidneys, liver, and heart available for other patients who could make better use of them.
What could possibly go wrong?
But now, Netherlands is moving to a system in which everyone is an organ donor unless they specifically opt out. From the Dutch News story:
MPs on Tuesday gave a surprise thumbs up to a motion to establish a ‘yes unless’ system for donor organs in the Netherlands.
If the draft bill goes on to become law, everyone in the Netherlands will be considered a donor unless they specifically request to be taken off the list.Non voluntary euthanasia is not unheard of in the Netherlands. It even has a name: “Termination without request or consent.” Technically against the law, it is almost never punished.
Now, consider a doctor–who has completely swallowed the euthanasia hemlock point-of-view–looking upon a “suffering” patient, believing his life to be not worth living, and thinking that he has some perfectly good and usable kidneys, liver, and heart available for other patients who could make better use of them.
What could possibly go wrong?
@ Smith
ReplyDelete"Non voluntary euthanasia is not unheard of in the Netherlands. It even has a name: “Termination without request or consent.” Technically against the law, it is almost never punished."
Not only technically but also principally against the Dutch law; Netherlands is one of very few (too)jurisdictions where these numbers are known, and... they have gone dramatically down since the legalisation of euthanasia in 2002 (from 0,8% of all deaths to less then 0.2%).
Amsterdam, Rob Jonquiere
This is what happens when you have a government system without a moral and religious people. Whether or not it hasn't happened or only happens occasionally, this is utterly inhumane and equates to murder. We must fight against godlessness in our world. Thank you for your article. It will take many more individuals speaking out to change our world.
ReplyDeleteRob Jonquiere
ReplyDeleteSince "termination without request" is against the law, do you really expect doctors to admit they did something illegal?
So how can you or anyone know the real numbers?
You're trusting the fox to guard the chicken coop.