The Groningen Protocol – Continued
Posted By: 'Okie' | 12:02 pm — 12/2/2004 | 
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Hugh Hewitt’s column for the Weekly Standard addresses this atrocious policy being implemented in Holland.
The Groningen Protocol is the proposal of doctors in the Netherlands for the establishment of an “independent committee” charged with selecting babies and other severely handicapped or disabled people for euthanasia. The original article provides some of the key details:
Under the Groningen protocol, if doctors at the hospital think a child is suffering unbearably from a terminal condition, they have the authority to end the child’s life. The protocol is likely to be used primarily for newborns, but it covers any child up to age 12. …
A parent’s role is limited under the protocol. While experts and critics familiar with the policy said a parent’s wishes to let a child live or die naturally most likely would be considered, they note that the decision must be professional, so rests with doctors.
On Tuesday the AP carried a second story, and Drudge broadcast the news to the cyber world: The protocol was already in effect, and at least four babies had been deemed disposable, and killed.
How can this happen in a civilized world? A culture that becomes secular cannot over time remain civilized. I ask again, are we next? . . . db
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