this child would not legally have been allowed to be killed, because it did not say for it's self that it wanted to go, and was not old enough to make this judgement.
Euthanasia happens more often in foreign countries than it does here in the United States. In Netherlands NONVOLUNTARY Euthanasia makes up 15% of the deaths, according to one source, while another (euthanasia.com) claims it's 50% of the deaths. Supposingly, elderly people are afraid to check themselves into hospitals, for fear of being killed against their will. Of course, it's hard to believe when every source you look at gives you a different number. Regardless, Anti-Euthanasia people use this as support that it should be stopped. What they don't realize is that most people in favor of it do not at ALL advocate killing against the people's will. That's why it's called physician-assisted SUICIDE. Jay Johnson, whose opinions can be read at http://www.ohiolife.org/euth/liberty.htm, talks of two cases where
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