All three Benelux countries now allow voluntary euthanasis.
May this trend continue!
Mehul Kamdar
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/330100/1/.html
Luxembourg to become third EU country to allow euthanasia
Posted: 20 February 2008 2358 hrs
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A 'euthanasia kit' as available in Belgium.
LUXEMBOURG : Luxembourg lawmakers have adopted a bill legalising
euthanasia, priming the Grand Duchy to become the third EU country
allowing doctors to help patients end their own lives.
The parliament passed the bill with only a slim majority with 30 out
of 59 lawmakers voting in favour and nearly all of the members of
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker's Social Christian Party voting
against.
The Netherlands became in 2002 the first EU country to allow
euthanasia, although in strict conditions, and was followed by
Belgium the following year.
The bill, which still has to be approved in a second reading to take
effect, fuelled passionate debates in Luxembourg, where Catholic
values remain firmly entrenched. The medical community was mostly
against it.
"This bill is not a permit to kill," said Socialist lawmaker Lydie
Err, who helped draft it.
"It's not a law for the parents or the doctors but for the patient
and the patient alone to decide if he wants to put an end to his
suffering," she added.
According to the bill, euthanasia will be strictly regulated and can
be mentioned in a "living will."
Doctors will have to consult with a colleague to confirm that the
person is suffering from a "grave and incurable condition."
A national commission made up mainly of doctors and officials would
also be created to check on a case-by-case basis that all legal
conditions and procedures are respected.
The bill still has to be approved at a second reading before it can
take effect. - AFP/de
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