
Slovenia’s Battle Over Life and Death Has Just Begun
“When autonomy becomes the supreme value, eligibility for assisted suicide tends to expand over time.”

“When autonomy becomes the supreme value, eligibility for assisted suicide tends to expand over time.”

The French Left rejoices, without considering the adverse effects of this deadly law.
Suggesting alternatives to assisted suicide is now a crime punishable by two years in prison and €30,000 in fines under one of the world’s most extreme euthanasia laws.

Deterring a suffering loved one from receiving a lethal injection could earn you up to two years in prison and a €30,000 fine.
The Dutch government’s euthanasia oversight committee predicts that the curve of euthanasia deaths will continue to rise in the years to come.

A recent survey indicates that 74% of French doctors would be in favor of allowing a form of “assisted dying.”

The current proposal lacks adequate safeguards and endangers doctors by threatening criminal charges for refusing to end patients’ lives.

When governments set eligibility for euthanasia, they’re deciding whose lives are too valuable to end—and whose are deemed worthless enough to facilitate their death.

Wherever assisted suicide is legalized, family members are told that it is a tool that ends suffering. Their experience, however, tells a very different story.

The End of Life Bill is hardly different from other euthanasia laws in Europe with few to no real safeguards for the most vulnerable.