Belgium extends euthanasia to children without first dealing with the abuse of the euthanasia law.
By Alex Schadenberg International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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Australian disability group shocked at Belgian decision - a 'wake up call'
Convenor of , a disability network in Australia opposed to euthanasia & assisted suicide, issued a press release today int he wake of the decision overnight of the Belgian parliament to pass a law allowing children to be killed by euthanasia.Lives Worth Living
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Belgium: debate to resume today on Child Euthanasia
Yesterday (Wednesday) the debate on the controversial euthanasia for minors and people with dementia legislation began in plenary session. The debate is expected to be finalized today (Thursday). Belgium Parliament
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Dutch health minister: 45 psychiatric euthanasia deaths in 2013.
By Alex SchadenbergInternational Chair, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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Euthanasia is not part of palliative care - declaration at the end ICPCN Conference
The issued a statement against the Belgian Child Euthanasia law about to be finalized in the Belgian Parliament.
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Better Dead Than Fed? NOT!
Cathy Ludlum of in Connecticut writes about feeding tubes in a positive way. How many of us have ever contemplated the fact that feeding tubes enhance life and come as a blessing or at very least a lifesaving intervention?Second Thoughts
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Press release: 162 Belgian Paediatricians raise grave concerns about child euthanasia
Ahead of the parliamentary debate on the Child Euthanasia amendment bill in the Belgian Lowe House, what began as a small group of 40 paediatricians raising concerns has now grown to 162 signatories to this Press Release issued on the 11th of February: The
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Belgian lawyer argues for reason in the child euthanasia debate
This is a Google translation of an article that appeared in the Belgian online newspaper on the 10th of February. The debate on child euthanasia is expected to be finalized in the .
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Celebrating and endorsing suicide - this must stop
Suicide has always been and always should be something of a taboo. Sometimes this rule is honoured in the breach so to speak. People like Welsh academic , who took her own life rather than living with progressive MS tried to affirm, in her last blog entry, that her death was not suicide. Commentator, has written often about the incongruity and downright double standards in the media in relation to suicide.
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Knocking on heaven's door - Ballarat palliative care - service and support excellence
Surveys and studies continue to show us that people generally fear such issues as loss of autonomy and being a burden at the end-of-life. These matters, rather than pain concern the vast majority of people. It may be that people do have a good understanding that pain and comfort can be managed these days. The Ballarat Hospice in the Australian state of Victoria provides a great example of such total care.
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