by APFLI | May 23, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A Dutch appeals court acquitted a 74-year-old man earlier this month of the murder of his mother in 2008, because he acted in an “emergency situation”: the woman wanted euthanasia and had not obtained it from her family doctor. The decision is a surprising one, even...
by APFLI | May 13, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A new coalition was launched in Brussels in November 2013 to combat the growing threat of euthanasia across Europe. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Europe, (EPC-Europe) brings together organizations and individuals from across the continent to campaign against the...
by APFLI | Apr 14, 2014 | Right to Life - Archive
Frans Hofmeester is a professional filmmaker and video artist from Utrecht, Netherlands. In this delightful video, he filmed his daughter, Lotte, from 0 months to 14-years-old, and then he edited it all together to show his little girl growing up. “This new Time-Lapse...
by APFLI | Apr 12, 2006 | STDs, STIs, HIV - Archive
HIV RATE IN NETHERLANDS UP 22 PERCENT. In conjunction with rising STD rates across Europe, this week the Netherlands health agency RIVM reported the number of Dutch citizens diagnosed with HIV grew 22% last year over 2004. In addition, chlamydia rates were up 15...
by APFLI | Aug 26, 2005 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
by Wesley J. Smith Bureaucracy has trumped morality in the Netherlands. How else can one explain a country where, when doctors admit publicly that they commit eugenic infanticide, the leaders’ response is not to prosecute them for murder, but instead to urge...
