Apr 16, 2001
Dutch Health Minister Favors Suicide Pill for Elderly
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(Beliefnet) The Dutch health minister, who sponsored the euthanasia law enacted last week, says she favors allowing doctors to prescribe suicide pills for patients who are simply tired of life.
The minister, Els Borst, said she would not oppose the suicide pill ``provided it will only apply to very old people who are done with life,'' even if they are physically healthy.
The suggestion goes one step farther than the doctor-assisted suicide permitted under legislation approved on Tuesday in the upper house of parliament, which is limited to the severely ill. http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset.asp?boardID=14711&pageloc=/story/76/story_7602_1.html
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