Lionel Roosemont on what is happening in Belgium.
“While the loose application of euthanasia restrictions is widely known among Belgians, said Roosemont, the true depth of abuse is little understood. One such abuse he claimed occurs routinely is the administration of lethal drugs at one Belgian hospital to elderly, seriously ill patients – known as the “weekend cleanup” – as described to him by a nurse who worked there.
“It is logical,” he said. “It is very logical. We live in the time of instant coffee. What that means is that nobody wants to suffer.” Most of the time, he said, elderly victims of euthanasia are not themselves suffering from great pain, but are killed at the request of family burdened with their care.”
A further extension of pro-choice logic. If a mother has a power of life & death over her child, why shouldn’t a child have a power of life & death over her elderly and infirm mother? Isn’t it just as unfair to “force” a child to care for her elderly mother, as it is to “force” a mother to care for her child?
