The Dutch experience suggests otherwise —
there voluntary euthanasia has given way to non-voluntary euthanasia, false reporting and under - reporting.
Not exact matches
Unless
there is a push - back from religion you will see abortion expanded into
voluntary euthanasia, and then the government will move to «quality of life» measures to «suggest» ending life early.
Already
there is talk of pressure to legalize abortion on demand and
euthanasia — always described as
voluntary euthanasia, of course.
The BHA was called to give evidence to the Commission's inquiry into whether
there should be a change in law to legalise assisted dying in the UK and made the case that
there are good ethical reasons not to limit legal assisted dying only to terminally ill people but to others who are incurably suffering, and to permit
voluntary euthanasia as well as assisted dying to maximise autonomy of patients who wish to end their lives but are unable to do so themselves.
That
there is a moral right, grounded in autonomy, for competent and informed individuals who have decided after careful consideration of the relevant facts, that their continuing life is not worth living, to non-interference with requests for assistance with suicide or
voluntary euthanasia.
There are no third - party interests, self - regarding duties, or duties toward objective goods that warrant denying people the right to assisted suicide and
voluntary euthanasia.