Up to 650 babies euthanized every year in Holland: report
As many as 650 babies are euthanized every year in the Netherlands because they are believed to be suffering or because a newborn's imminent natural death is emotionally distressing for the parents, reports the Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG), reports LifeSiteNews.
In the organization’s policy statement “Medical decisions about the lives of newborns with severe abnormalities,” it explains that a lethal injection to euthanize a baby is ethically permitted if “the period of gasping and dying persists and the inevitable death is prolonged, in spite of good preparation, and it causes severe suffering for the parents.”
In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country in the world after the downfall of the Nazi regime to legalize euthanasia, but the law at the time restricted the practice to those 18 and older....
