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U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life - The Daily Beast
UK High Court Allows Mother to Euthanize Severely Disabled Daughter; Joni Eareckson Tada Says Judge's Decision 'Terrifying'
This mother fought for the right to end her child's life because of her disabilities. Now, I am a nurse, I have seen people kept alive, exhausting all medical efforts when they should have been allowed to go. I have seen people in extreme pain and fear, I can understand some of the argument for the desire to let your loved one out of their pain.
But, then I remember this is how Nazi Germany started, by killing the physically and mentally disabled and elderly first. Doctor's were encouraged not to care for their patients leading to the more euthanasia of the "useless". That is why this is such a slippery slope, what stops a parent from neglecting a child to the point of doctors agreeing to put them out of their pain? Go to any nursing home in you will see pain, hopelessness and many with a desire to die, are we going to be clearing them out in a few years?
The Murder of the Handicapped
UK High Court Allows Mother to Euthanize Severely Disabled Daughter; Joni Eareckson Tada Says Judge's Decision 'Terrifying'
This mother fought for the right to end her child's life because of her disabilities. Now, I am a nurse, I have seen people kept alive, exhausting all medical efforts when they should have been allowed to go. I have seen people in extreme pain and fear, I can understand some of the argument for the desire to let your loved one out of their pain.
But, then I remember this is how Nazi Germany started, by killing the physically and mentally disabled and elderly first. Doctor's were encouraged not to care for their patients leading to the more euthanasia of the "useless". That is why this is such a slippery slope, what stops a parent from neglecting a child to the point of doctors agreeing to put them out of their pain? Go to any nursing home in you will see pain, hopelessness and many with a desire to die, are we going to be clearing them out in a few years?
The Murder of the Handicapped