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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch
Parliament approved a bill legalizing euthanasia
Tuesday, positioning the Netherlands to become
the first nation to openly let doctors help suffering
patients end their lives.
Advocates of patients’ right to die voiced praise
for the vote, but many Christian groups and others
condemned it. The Vatican said the law “violates
human dignity.”
Fending off concerns the Netherlands could be
come a haven for patients from abroad seeking to
end their lives, Dutch officials stressed that for
eigners would be unable to meet strict standards
under the law for allowing euthanasia.
"There is no possibility for foreigners to come
here for euthanasia,” said Wijnand Stevens of the
Justice Ministry. "The criteria call for a long-term
doctor-patient relationship. They are just too strict
for that.”
All 1 (X) seats in Parliament’s public gallery were
full for Tuesday’s vote, in which legislators an
nounced their votes aloud as requested by a Chris
tian party opposed to the bill.
After the 104-40 vote in Parliament's lower
house, the bill was expected to win approval by the
upper house early next year and become law.
With the law; the Netherlands would formalize
the tolerance it has Iona held toward euthanasia —
thousands of cases are reported every year here and
many more go unreported. In 1993, legislators
passed a set of guidelines that doctors could follow
to carry out euthanasia and — it was understood —
go unprosecuted.
“Doctors should not be
trated as criminals. This
will create security for
doctors and patients
alike/'
— Els Borst
Dutch health minister
Still, euthanasia was a crime punishable by up
to 12 years in prison. The new legislation largely
adopts the informal guidelines, which say the pa
tient must be feeling unrelenting suffering and
know all the medical options.
"Doctors should not be treated as criminals.
This will create security for doctors and patients
alike,” said Health Minister Els Borst, who draft
ed the bill.
“Something as serious as ending one’s life de
serves openness,” she said after the vote.
In doctor-assisted suicides, the patient adminis
ters a lethal dose of medication to himself or her
self. Under the new Dutch law, a doctor may give
it directly to the patient.
Opponents in the Dutch parliament denounced
the bill, saying it challenges God's will by giving
doctors the power to decide over life and death.
“This is a black day in the history of our Parlia
ment,” said lawmaker Bas van der Vlies of the State
Reform Party SGP. “We believe as Christians that
our lives Lire not in our hands, that we cannot our
selves decide. We must wait for God’s leadership.”
The Vatican said the law was “a sad record for
Holland,” and spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vails
said it “violates human dignity.”
“It's cheaper to kill people than to take care of
them,” scoffed Lori Hougens of the Washington-
based National Right to Life Committee, adding:
“We are very, very saddened” by the law.
Under the new Dutch law, a patient must be un
dergoing unremitting and unbearable suffering, be
aware of all other medical options and have sought
a second professional opinion. The request must be
made voluntarily, persistently and independently.
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Parliament voted overwhelmingly
Tuesday to hold new elections after
Prime Minister Ehud Barak — his
government shaken by two months of
street battles with the Palestinians —
reluctantly agreed to hard-liners’ de
mands for an early vote.
Polls have shown elections would
be a risky proposition for Barak, as
his minority government has been
steadily losing support.
Many Israelis seem to perceive
Barak as ineffective in ending the
bloodshed.
However, a vote would probably
not be held before spring, giving
Barak time for a last-ditch effort to
forge a peace agreement with the
Palestinians. Elections could serve as
a referendum on the agreement.
Palestinian officials said they were
hopeful an accord could be reached
before the elections.
The 120-member legislature vot
ed separately on five bills calling for
early elections.
Four of the bills were approved by
more than 70 members of the house.
Only three legislators were opposed,
and the rest abstained.
The date for elections will be set
in the coming days by party leaders.
Barak said the vote could be held as
late as nine months from now, while
several opposition lawmakers said
they expected elections in May, two
years after Barak took office.
Parliament had settled into a long
debate on the five bills Tuesday
evening when Barak made an unex
pected appearance before the law
makers. In a speech, Barak announced
that he would no longer resist the op
position push for elections.
Recent polls have indicated that
if elections were held now, Barak
would be defeated by any opposition
candidate, including opposition
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