One positive aspect of the debate that is occurring in the House of Lords, according to this Telegram op-ed piece, is that the abuses of euthanasia programs in Holland, Belgium and Oregon are being brought to light.
In Oregon, where assistance but not direct action to end a life is allowed, only one in 700 of the people who died in the state in 2003 availed themselves of the option. In Holland, however, where voluntary euthanasia was made legal in 2002 (though it had been practised for the previous 30 years), one death in 40 was attributed to a termination. There is evidence, too, that 1,000 deaths take place in Holland every year as a result of action by doctors for which no specific request has been given.
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