Netherlands doctors are euthanizing autistic people
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A shocking recent story in the NY Post caught my attention. Here are some quotes from the story.
“Nearly 40 people who identified as autistic or intellectually disabled were legally euthanized in the Netherlands between 2012 and 2021, according to a Kingston University investigation of Dutch euthanasia cases.
Five people younger than 30 who were killed at their own request cited autism as the sole or a major reason for their decision to end their lives, the UK study found.”
Many countries in the western world have euthanasia programmes. In general, applicants for such “help” must meet strict requirements including suffering from an “incurable illness” that causes “unbearable” physical or mental anguish to be eligible for euthanasia — but doctors ultimately decide who qualifies.
The story notes that in the roughly 10-year period the study focused on, nearly 60,000 people decided to die via euthanasia in the Netherlands. WTF?
“Eight people, however, named the sole cause of their suffering as factors related to their intellectual disability — such as social isolation, a lack of coping strategies, an inability to adjust to change or oversensitivity to stimuli.”
Soon enough, I hope, people will wake up to the gigantic grift that is happening in the West that says there can be an individual solution to a societal problem. Social isolation, lack of supportive housing, and the like are societal problems, not individual problems. Shifting the burden on to autistic people is homocidal.
Netherlands doctors are euthanizing autistic people
Netherlands doctors are euthanizing autistic people
Netherlands doctors are euthanizing autistic people
A shocking recent story in the NY Post caught my attention. Here are some quotes from the story.
Many countries in the western world have euthanasia programmes. In general, applicants for such “help” must meet strict requirements including suffering from an “incurable illness” that causes “unbearable” physical or mental anguish to be eligible for euthanasia — but doctors ultimately decide who qualifies.
The story notes that in the roughly 10-year period the study focused on, nearly 60,000 people decided to die via euthanasia in the Netherlands. WTF?
Soon enough, I hope, people will wake up to the gigantic grift that is happening in the West that says there can be an individual solution to a societal problem. Social isolation, lack of supportive housing, and the like are societal problems, not individual problems. Shifting the burden on to autistic people is homocidal.