Just Another Internet Hypocrite

I’m glad Heidi was able to admit her mistakes. Although the Hippocratic Oath is now more focused on what is holistically best for the patient, so they are required to euthanize a patient is it is in their very best interest. Although Heidi never really responded to my suggestion that a person should be able to die with dignity, I will still address her points fully.

The Netherlands is a place that the United States should look toward for guidelines on how to and how not to do physicians assisted suicide. Heidi’s blog post was quite misleading with regards to the Netherlands relationship with palliative care. It is true that palliative care in the Netherlands was delayed for a small amount of time and they were behind other countries in advancement.
Unfortunately, Heidi fails to mention that once the Netherlands began to catch up they far surpassed may other countries in the field of palliative care. A good explanation for this would be that pressure from the competition that euthanasia caused forced palliative care to become more appealing and consequently more effective for its patients. This is great because now people can have more equal options instead of either not having euthanasia at all or euthanasia being the best option in almost all cases.

The babies that have been euthanized by their parents and their doctors are in a better place. What really is wrong with ending a baby's suffering? Most parents do not want to let go of their children so it is really a selfless and compassionate act when they make the decision to end their child’s suffering. As for the trickle effect to others, that is an exaggeration. A child is able to object with words to the type of treatment it is receiving. They have a lot more control over themselves than babies do. The same goes for adolescents and adults. Let us not forget that the parents of the child determined that it should live past being a baby so the likelihood of them changing their minds is slim. And if they do then, by Netherlands law, there would have to be a full assessment where they are determined to meet certain criteria to be eligible for euthanasia.

I would also like to point out that we do not have to be like the Netherlands. They did it first so we can learn from their successes and their failures. We can make stricter rules or even looser ones based on the foundation of their codes. I think Heidi has a hard time dealing with options. This is evidenced by her moral attack on me and anyone who thinks like me. Maybe god is smiling down on our attempts to relieve his children’s suffering instead of condemning us for it. I believe that god will instead reward us for our efforts of keeping all his children safe from pain and disappointment.
Finally, I am a supporter of a person’s right to choose to die if they want. Who are you, Heidi, to tell someone that they do not control? You objected to a baby being murdered by its parent’s decision for euthanasia because it did not have a choice, yet you would rob an adult of the choice to end their life.