Earlier this month, I noted that a U.K. columnist was pushing euthanasia for the elderly as a way of saving national resources.
Belgian Health-Fund President: Euthanize Old People to Save Money
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Hushed Horrors
When the mask slips, people catch an unvarnished glimpse at what is going on behind all the soothing, medicalized language: killing people. By Jonathon Van Maren Nearly 3,000 people died by euthanasia in Belgium in 2022. One of them was 36-year-old Alexina Wattiez,...
A Belgian woman was set to be euthanized. Then loved ones heard her screaming.
By Cassy Fiano-Chesser The euthanasia program in Belgium has come under fire again, following news that a woman was suffocated with a pillow after the cocktail of drugs administered to her failed to end her life. Le Soir, a European media...
We don’t want to pay for oldies, say Belgians
By Michael Cook According to reports in the Belgian media of a survey of attitudes towards health care, 40% of Belgians (more amongst Dutch-speakers than French-speakers) believe that the social security expenses need to be kept in check "by no longer administering...
Euthanasia in Belgium: updates on a social experiment
Belgium seems to be treating the victims of child abuse by domestic violence, neglect and sexual abuse by killing them By Richard Egan Every two years the Belgium Federal Commission on the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia presents a report detailing statistics and...
Euthanizing Children in Belgium
Belgium is the only country in the world to have legalised euthanasia for children of all ages. Euthanasia cases are up by 13% By SPUC—The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Three children were killed by euthanasia in 2016 and 2017 in Belgium, according to...
Belgian euthanasia dispute erupts over the killing of a person with severe dementia
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A dispute has erupted in Belgium after a person with dementia was killed by euthanasia even though the person did not request death by lethal injection and was incapable of consenting. The...
Belgium’s euthanasia commission under fire after shock letter by whistleblower
A former member accuses it of breaking the law, muzzling dissent, and packing it with euthanasia practitioners By Michael Cook Last year the London Telegraph ran a travel article about Belgium, “10 reasons why Belgium is not as boring as you think.” A bit patronizing,...
Former Belgian nurse admits to killing 10-20 patients
Authorities suspect number may be as high as 50 By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Ivo Poppe, a former nurse, is on trial in Bruges Belgium for killing patients in a health clinic in Menin, Belgium. The Guardian reports state...
Belgium: euthanasia doctors split over psychiatric illness
By Michael Cook Even the controversial head of Belgium’s euthanasia commission is concerned that a well-known Belgian psychiatrist is allowing too many of her psychiatric patients to be euthananised. Dr. Wim Distelmans, an oncologist and the chair of the country’s...