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Flat White

Should people with ‘addictions’ be euthanased?

7 March 2018

7:46 AM

7 March 2018

7:46 AM

For all those who don’t think that the “slippery slope” argument is valid, just consider this. In Belgium and the Netherlands, the category of “addiction” is now valid grounds for euthanasia. And tragically, this has already started to occur.

As recently as 2016, a man named Mark Langedijk, who suffered from chronic alcoholism, was granted permission to be euthanased.

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