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Lilyofthevalley
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I bet this is comming soon to Oregon:
Eduard Verhagen, paediatrician at the Groningen University Medical Center and one of the authors of the study, told De Volkskrant newspaper he hoped to encourage doctors to report such cases without fear of prosecution.
“The babies are there but we were never allowed to talk about them. That must change. If we take this awfully difficult decision, it must happen with complete openness,” he said.
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Eduard Verhagen, paediatrician at the Groningen University Medical Center and one of the authors of the study, told De Volkskrant newspaper he hoped to encourage doctors to report such cases without fear of prosecution.
“The babies are there but we were never allowed to talk about them. That must change. If we take this awfully difficult decision, it must happen with complete openness,” he said.
“You are trained to save the life of a child but with these children the suffering can only be stopped by ending their lives. It takes courage to do that.”
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise euthanasia. But doctors must obey strict rules. THIS part is IRONIC! Are you kidding???story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=9&u=/nm/20050122/hl_nm/health_dutch_euthanasia_dc