Care Not Killing has strongly condemned a Dutch End of Life Bill that would extend euthanasia to anyone over the age of 75, even if they have no illness or disability.
Reaction to the first public comments of a Dutch doctor cleared of murder after sedating, restraining and administering euthanasia to a patient with dementia.
A study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics suggests that a third of Dutch doctors would assist a patient's suicide in cases of mental illness or dementia, and a fifth would where there was 'tiredness of life' but no physical condition
For nine years a member of a Dutch Regional Review Committee, Prof Theo Boer's experience of legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide saw him go from being a supporter of such legislation to concluding: 'we were wrong - terribly wrong, in fact'.
