Thursday, September 09, 2004
Belgium takes step towards euthanasia for children
Belgian lawmakers belonging to Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt's ruling Flemish Liberal party have introduced a bill seeking to expand the country's controversial euthanasia legislation to include minors.
Senators Jeannine Leduc and Paul Wille said that terminally ill children and teenagers had as much right to choose when they wanted to die as anyone else.
Belgian lawmakers belonging to Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt's ruling Flemish Liberal party have introduced a bill seeking to expand the country's controversial euthanasia legislation to include minors.
Senators Jeannine Leduc and Paul Wille said that terminally ill children and teenagers had as much right to choose when they wanted to die as anyone else.
