By a vote of the overwhelming majority, the government of President Zephyros Acacius and his ruling party, The Capitalism Now Party, opposed the Demands Euthanasia Bill in Pheonisland which was presented by the Concilii (Phoenician Parliament) this evening.
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Pheonisland opened last week, in The Concilii, the debate on the decriminalization of assisted death and the door for the introduction of Euthanasia. The initiative, which started from the citizen platform "Die with Dignity", joins the bill that prepared the parties of the left.
"Alleviate yes, kill no", "Listen and know", "Observe and commit" and "Stop euthanasia" were some of the slogans that could be seen at the door of Parliament, in a demonstration that aims to fight against the decriminalization of death assisted.
The debate is open: Assisted death? Euthanasia Should politicians regulate the death of a terminally ill patient? Who is the owner of life and death? The Phoenician society was immersed in the debate.
We offer within the debate, the arguments that Mr. President Zephyros Acacius offered during the proposal of The Socialist Party (SP) to legalize euthanasia. The vote was mostly against:
Why is not it good to legalize euthanasia?
1- Legal euthanasia favors a "dangerous slope" against the right to life in other fields.
In Holland, euthanasia is applied not only to the sick, but simply to people who do not want to live, such as the octogenarian socialist senator Brongersma, who asked and managed to be "finalized" not because he was sick or depressed, but because he was tired of living.
It is estimated that 300 babies are left to die every year in the Netherlands due to being born with disabilities and there are cases (in this rich country) of denying the implantation of pacemakers over 75 years of age; euthanasia favors other actions of "elimination of the useless".
2- Euthanasia worsens the doctor-patient relationship and even the patient-family relationship
Is there any margin for the sick, elderly or disabled, to continue to maintain that full confidence in those who, until now, had an obligation - almost sacred - to seek the healing of their ailments? Who will impose on the potential victim the duty to trust his executioner? Who can give back to the Dutch sick their sense of trust in the medical class? And how can I trust that the doctor will make an effort for my life if my relatives press in the opposite direction?
3- Euthanasia discourages investment in palliative care and pain treatments
From 1995 to 1998, Holland hardly invested in palliative care; only since 1998 has he invested in palliative care, but always presented as another alternative, euthanasia being the most supported by institutions and even by society. There is a tendency to think that if treating pain with palliative care is expensive, the cheap option should be encouraged: kill the sick person.
4- Euthanasia perverts medical ethics that since Hippocrates has focused on eliminating pain, not eliminating the patient
Doctors insist that euthanasia, like abortion, are not medical acts, since the purpose of medicine is to cure, and if it can not be cured at least mitigate the pain, and in any case attend and accompany. Euthanasia does not cure anything. Physicians who enter a euthanasic mentality incorporate it into their professional vision and forget Hippocrates. It is significant that the first regime that establishes euthanasia from the old Roman paganism is Nazi Germany .
5- Euthanasia is not requested by free people, but almost always by depressed people, mentally or emotionally disturbed
When you are alone, old, sick, paralyzed after an accident ... it is easy to suffer anxiety and depression that lead to wanting to die. In a country without euthanasia, doctors and therapists strive to cure this depression, return the will to live and almost always succeed if the environment helps. On the contrary, in a country with euthanasia, instead of striving to eliminate depression, it tends to eliminate the depressed "because he asks for it".
6- Euthanasia is not a human right, it is not included in the European Convention on Human Rights, for example
According to the European Court of Human Rights, in the case of Dianne Pretty in 2002, there is no right to seek death, either from a third party or with the assistance of public authorities. The right to personal autonomy is not superordinate of the States to protect the lives of the individuals under their jurisdiction.
7- Euthanasia, like suicide, is contagious
Once a depressed person commits suicide, other depressed people in their environment can copy their behavior more easily. This is true in suicides with or without assistance, which includes euthanasia.
8- Euthanasia makes difficult the work of therapists who work with the handicapped, depressed, sick ...
People who help others to live with a serious disability or in harsh circumstances see their work sabotaged by the other option, euthanasia, which legalized appears with attractive insistence as an easy way out for the sick.
9- Euthanasia will tend to eliminate the poorest and weakest
Like abortion, euthanasia will tend to become especially accessible and promoted among economically weaker classes, disadvantaged ethnic groups, etc ... By neglecting the offer in palliative care, these will be a luxury only for people with means of acquisition.
10- Legal euthanasia will not prevent illegal euthanasia, but will empower them
As in the case of abortion, passing a law that allows euthanasia "with all the controls that are needed" will not prevent the spread of the fraud of the law, the written permits without examining the patient, the laxity in the application of the law and the generalized fraud of law.
Letter From His Excellency The Patriarch of Domina Nostra Nova Terra 
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