{"id":182142,"date":"2018-05-03T11:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=182142"},"modified":"2018-05-03T00:14:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T04:14:46","slug":"alfie-evans-europe-culture-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/alfie-evans-europe-culture-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfie Evans is just the latest victim in Europe’s culture of death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Europe has taken a dark turn in recent years. In multiple countries across the continent, the culture of death has been slowly creeping, taking over Europe. Abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, ableism, and a totalitarian medical bureaucracy have taken the lives of countless people.<\/p>\n

Assisted suicide and euthanasia<\/strong><\/p>\n

While assisted suicide is spreading across the United States, it has been legal in Europe for decades — and the effects are terrifying. New reports have found that people are being euthanized without their consent<\/a> in increasing numbers. People are being killed even though they have mental illnesses<\/a>; in fact, 1 in 3 Dutch doctors<\/a> are willing to euthanize people with mental illnesses. Someone who survived sexual abuse and was previously suicidal can still be euthanized<\/a> in Europe. Belgium has approved the euthanasia of children<\/a>. People fighting depression<\/a> have been killed, as have people who are transgender<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The list truly goes on and on. There is seemingly no end to the depravity of assisted suicide in Europe, no checks and balances left. The slippery slope has come and gone.<\/p>\n

Ableism<\/strong><\/p>\n

One deadly issue that affects virtually all of these problems — assisted suicide, abortion, deadly medical bureaucracies — is ableism, or discrimination against people with disabilities. For such people, Europe is a dangerous place to be. Through multiple channels, it’s clear that people with disabilities are not only unwanted, but are considered unworthy of life.<\/p>\n

People with disabilities are often euthanized<\/a>. Parents can kill their disabled children<\/a>. In multiple countries, like Poland<\/a>, Iceland<\/a>, and Denmark<\/a>, preborn babies with disabilities, like Down syndrome, are all but being eradicated through abortion. In the Netherlands, women are told that they have a “moral duty” to abort<\/a> their babies with Down syndrome. In the United Kingdom, abortion is illegal after 24 weeks — unless the baby is diagnosed with a disability, no matter how minor, in which case the abortion is allowed regardless of gestational age.<\/p>\n