Former Dutch Health Ministerette Admits Error of Legalizing Euthanasia

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The former Dutch ministerette who successfully promoted the legalization of euthanasia has now admitted that the government's move was a mistake, and says that they should have first focused on palliative care. Els Borst, who served as Health Ministerette for the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002, proposed the country's infamous euthanasia bill. When it passed in 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia. In 2008 alone, Dutch doctors reported 2,331 cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide.
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Posted by Editor at December 4, 2009 01:06 AM