{"id":4685,"date":"2013-11-24T20:38:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T04:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:04:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:04:42","slug":"objection-to-euthanasia-reported-to-be-minority-position-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4685","title":{"rendered":"Objection to euthanasia reported to be minority position in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports from Belgium suggest that objection to euthanasia has become a minority position in the country, and that increasing acceptance of the practice has led to its normalization, evidenced by the development of &#8220;new rituals&#8221; like a &#8220;last supper,&#8221; final manicures and other forms of advance preparation.\u00a0\u00a0One marker of this is the report that\u00a0a Catholic priest was present and administered the sacrament of the sick to two deaf twins who were lethally injected because they were going blind; their family was described as devoutly Catholic.\u00a0For those opposed to euthanasia, increasing acceptance of the procedure demonstrates the existence of a slippery slope.\u00a0 Those who support it believe the phenomenon reflects a natural (and positive) evolution of morality.\u00a0\u00a0 [National Post, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2013\/11\/22\/death-by-doctor-controversial-physician-has-made-his-name-delivering-euthanasia-when-no-one-else-will\/\" target=\"_blank\">22 Nov<\/a>., <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2013\/11\/24\/suicide-with-the-approval-of-society-belgian-activist-warns-of-slippery-slope-as-euthanasia-becomes-normal\/\" target=\"_blank\">24 Nov<\/a>.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports from Belgium suggest that objection to euthanasia has become a minority position in the country, and that increasing acceptance of the practice has led to its normalization, evidenced by the development of &#8220;new rituals&#8221; like a &#8220;last supper,&#8221; final manicures and other forms of advance preparation.\u00a0\u00a0One marker of this is the report that\u00a0a Catholic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4685\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Objection to euthanasia reported to be minority position in Belgium&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,643,162,9],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belgium","category-christianity-catholicism","category-euthanasia","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Objection to euthanasia reported to be minority position in Belgium - 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