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When the child does not possess "judgment capacity", his/her parents may request euthanasia

Posted on 2013/04/30 at 4h00

Olivier de SAUVAGE
Student

This sentence,from the proposal No. 5-1610/1 (pg2), raises in me a lot of questions. And I say to myself, reading this, that both for the parents and the child, the choice must be very painful.

In considering the matter from the point of view of the child, I even think that the choice by his parents must be crucifying. What is a suffering child to expect from his parents, his dad, his mom, if not love, affection? When we are sick, when we suffer, what do we wish other than to cling to the hope of healing? How will parents announce their decision to the child who "does not have judgment capacity? How will they take leave from the child they've entrusted the care of death...

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