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By Dave Andrusko While the Belgian media seems genuinely perplexed why much of the rest of the world is shocked by its new policy making children eligible for euthanasia, until today I hadn’t read a response from any part of the American Medical Establishment....
By Dave Andrusko My apologies for not getting to this last week. Time got away from me. We wrote a great deal about the all-but-finalized situation in Belgium where if King Philippe signs the measure—a mere formality--children of any age can be euthanized. I...
By Paul Russell After little more than a day of debate, the Belgian Chamber of Representatives passed a child euthanasia law on Thursday. The bill now awaits Royal assent from King Philippe. The bill allows a child who can understand the seriousness of a...
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. We first ran this story in December just after the Belgian Senate’s tragic vote to legalize euthanizing children of any age. The House of Representatives did likewise today. The arguments made in this piece were valid long before...
By Dave Andrusko When the Belgian Senate voted 50-17 in December to remove all age limits on euthanasia, the die was cast. Approval in the Chamber of Representatives—which occurred today by a vote of 88 to 44 with 12 abstentions—was a foregone conclusion as is...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Belgian Chamber of Deputies today approved the extension of euthanasia to children by a vote of 86 to 44. This bill was approved without first addressing the abuse of the Belgian...
Petition to the Belgian government - Stop the euthanasia of minors By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Belgian media is reporting that the bill to extend euthanasia to children in Belgium will likely be voted on...
By Dave Andrusko I’ve always been a soft touch when it comes to children anyway, even more so now that our three-year-old granddaughter has a three-month-old brother. That’s why watching a video distributed yesterday by the Coalition of Physicians for Social...
By Wesley J. Smith Belgian legislation to legalize child euthanasia took another step forward. From the Euro News story: “A Judiciary Committee has rejected calls for extra hearings before sending Belgium’s Child Euthanasia Bill for a final parliamentary vote....
By Paul Russell, founder, HOPE Australia. If Belgium continues on its reckless path towards child euthanasia, as seems likely, what will the conversations look like that precedes the killing of a child? Let’s assume for the sake of this exploration that the...