{"id":21909,"date":"2014-02-15T20:48:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T01:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21909"},"modified":"2014-02-15T20:48:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T01:48:28","slug":"ignoring-the-value-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21909","title":{"rendered":"Ignoring The Value Of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBN News<\/a> is reporting today that Belgium’s parliament<\/a> has passed a law to legalize euthanasia for children<\/a> of any age. This is frightening. I know how traumatic it has been in the past for my husband and I to euthanize a pet–I can’t imaging putting a parent in a position where euthanizing<\/a> a child is an option. I am sure that there will be pressure exerted on parents with extremely sick or disabled children to opt for euthanasia rather than use extensive medical resources to treat the child.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Under the new law, if both parents agree their child should be killed, three doctors and a psychologist would then have to certify that the child was aware of the consequences of his or her decision. The child would have to be under medical care.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are talking about children that are really at the end of their life, and it’s not that they have months or years to go. They will, their life will end anyway,” Dr. Gerlant Van Berlaer, chief of clinic for pediatric critical care at the University Hospital of Brussels<\/a>, explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“And the question they ask us is, ‘Well, don’t make me go in a terrible, horrifying way. Let me go now while I’m still a human being and while I’m still, while I still have my dignity,'” he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But critics asked how anyone could gauge a child’s capacity for discernment in such a situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How long will it be before children with minor disabilities will be candidates for euthanasia?<\/p>\n

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