According to a 2015 report in the Financial Times, about 3 percent of all Dutch deaths are now the result of euthanasia. Even more horrifying is that you no longer have to be terminally ill to be euthanized in many places. Mental illness is an increasingly common justification.
Continue Reading → The Sad Expansion of Euthanasia
Contrary to expectations, the question "Are you happy?" resulted in a consistent "yes" response from patients with Locked-in Syndrome. Despite their terrible disability, they are satisfied with life.
Continue Reading → The astonishing witness of locked-in patients
Safeguards passed by Parliament restricting the availability of euthanasia are seen as hurdles rather than vital protections.
Continue Reading → Euthanasia ‘Safeguards’ Soon Seen as ‘Hurdles’
People who espouse “progressive values”, who include those advocating for the legalization of euthanasia, adopt a mantra of “choice, change and control”. However, this mantra presents an illusion of control that is not present in life.
Continue Reading → A flight from mystery
Laws that allow assisted suicide restrict the provision of “aid-in-dying” drugs to patients whose mental status is not impaired and who are capable of sound judgment.
Continue Reading → The body language of assisted suicide