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Bill: no euthanasia bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Conservative Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2072
Description[?]:
| The current law is ethically not right. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:39:25, June 25, 2005 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the no euthanasia bill |
| Message | No, we do not agree. |
| Date | 18:55:14, June 25, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the no euthanasia bill |
| Message | Neither do we. |
| Date | 20:41:14, June 25, 2005 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the no euthanasia bill |
| Message | We however do The legalisation of Euthanasia is the start of a “slippery slope” leading from tightly regulated voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill patients to suicide on-demand for anyone, possibly leading to involuntary euthanasia for those society deems “unfit” and/or into a situation where the decision is no longer that of the patient, but instead of those around him or her. Holland, a country where euthanasia has been legalised, has gone down this path with “detailed and considered” discussions among doctors as to whether to end a patient’s life (as prescribed by Dutch law) last on average four minutes, and many Dutch have taken to carrying cards saying “Please doctor, don’t kill me”. The situation is viewed by many to be deteriorating, given that a Roman Catholic nun who was a strong opponent of euthanasia had herself undergone euthanasia, suggesting that the procedure has been performed against people’s will. If a “right to die” is created, then a right must entail a duty, in this case the duty of doctors to kill. This would fundamentally alter the doctor-patient relationship and damage the trust inherent in their relationship. Furthermore, this "duty" is against the medical/Hippocratic duties of preserving life. Euthanasia places a different value on everyone’s life; that some people ought to die, whereas others ought to live. This goes against the traditional Liberal idea that every life has an inherent value. The legalisation of euthanasia, sends the message that those who are a burden on their relatives should kill themselves to stop everyone’s hassle. |
| Date | 23:01:48, June 25, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the no euthanasia bill |
| Message | Against |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 156 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 174 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 70 |
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