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Recently, Live Action News reported<\/a> that the Quebec College of Physicians has made a recommendation that infants who experience “grave malformations” where life expectancy is “basically nil” should be eligible for euthanasia under Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) laws. Now, it seems that this recommendation is more than just a shocking suggestion, as a report from the National Post<\/a> reveals that some parents are already asking<\/em> for their children to be euthanized.<\/p>\n

According to the Post, some Canadian doctors have said “that specific and explicit requests for MAID have come from parents involving very young children.”<\/p>\n

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Dr. David Lysecki, a pediatric palliative care specialist at\u00a0McMaster University\u2019s department of pediatrics said that some parents are seeking death for their child, even though with surgery and life support\u00a0\u201cwe can sometimes keep their body alive for years. But that child would never be able to process the outside world in a cognizant way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome families ask, \u2018If they\u2019re going to die at the end of this anyway, maybe three weeks from now, and we don\u2019t believe they\u2019re going to have meaningful positive experiences between then and now, why must we all have to go through this period of waiting,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are not at all talking about babies born with a handicap,\u201d said Dr. Alain Naud, a family physician and clinical professor at Laval University, and one of the most vocal advocates of assisted dying in Quebec. \u201cWe are really talking about situations which, at birth, are incompatible with life in the short term \u2014 in a matter of days, weeks, or months.\u201d<\/p>\n

University of Toronto professor Kerry Bowman disagrees with the idea that just because a child may die, their parents have the right to ask for their death.\u00a0“I\u2019m not convinced we need this,\u201d Bowman said, “because it\u2019s not the wishes and values of the patient anymore. It\u2019s the wishes and values of the parents.”<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I get it, that\u2019s what we do, that\u2019s what parents do (make decisions for children),” Bowman added. “But it\u2019s not as clean a distinction, ethically, as it is when someone says, \u2018I\u2019ve been living with this pain for 15 years and I can\u2019t do it anymore.\u2019 That\u2019s very different from guessing what you think a baby would want.\u201d<\/p>\n

While proponents of infant euthanasia paint it as an act of mercy, infants are\u00a0incapable of giving free consent to their own deaths, making these killings more similar to murder than to suicide. A better, more humanity-affirming strategy euthanasia proponents should instead seek is better palliative and comfort care for the children, dedicated medical professionals who recognize the dignity and worth of each child, and a better support system for these parents to help them with the challenges that come with caring for a disabled child.<\/p>\n

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