The Netherlands legalized euthanasia on Monday April 1st, 2002. It was practiced illegally for many years prior. This was the first country in the world to make it legal.
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Its not legal, people have to travel to Switzerland
The number of euthanasia operations performed each year varies by country and is influenced by legal, cultural, and ethical factors. In countries where euthanasia is legal, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, several thousand cases are reported annually. However, it is important to note that the actual number may differ due to underreporting or variations in reporting practices.
over 50 000 pets die by every year :( euthanasia
In the U.S.A, they have over 50 states and only 3 states have made it legal for euthanasia to be practiced.
Euthanasia is not recognized as a legal and humane act just as with most cases of abortion and as a result you will not be able to get such statistics. However i watched a video in school and they said that over 3000 Britain's have gone overseas for euthanasia
There are different forms of Euthanasia, each are differently punished by law in most countries. Involuntary Euthanasia is considered murder in every country, and is punished to the same degree as any other form of murder. Involuntary euthanasia means as the name implies, to end someones life against that person's wishes. Passive Euthanasia is what is encountered in most countries where some form of euthanasia is legal. Passive euthanasia means to end someone life (usually on that person's request, but sometimes on request of next of kin/family or a legal request/will when a person is not capable of requesting euthanasia) but without personally causing their death, examples of passive euthanasia are removing the feeding probe from a person who is in a persistent vegetative state or to prescribe lethal drugs to a person but not personally adminastering them. Active euthanasia means to personally help end someone's life (usually on that person's request, but sometimes on request of next of kin/family or a legal request/will when a person is not capable of requesting euthanasia) by personaly providing the means to do so, such as dispensing lethal drugs to a person. Active euthanasia and involuntary euthanasia are both illegal in the UK and have always been so, although there has been legislation proposed in the House of Lords in the early 1930's to legalise euthanasia but it never came through. Passive euthanasia is also illegal in the UK, however prescribing fatal drugs to treat pain even if the outcome will be death, is allowed by law if death was not the main intended reason for prescribing the drugs. This law was enacted in 1957.
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Legal euthanasia is exceedingly rare. How many people are euthanized in general is not known well since it is not legal in most places and so rarely openly done. There is also often a fine line between relieving symptoms in terminally ill people with doses of drugs that may bring about death and intentionally bring about death as a way to relieve suffering.
haleigh poutre is the 11 year old now 15 years who recovered from a coma before they used euthanasia on her ~Alora
aproxamitly 40,000
Of course. Anything can go wrong, and when you involve life-or-death situations, the results can be devastating. The most striking example of Euthanasia gone wrong can be seen in the Netherlands, where several sources estimate that around one thousand people are euthanized by doctors every year without their consent, for the simple reason that doctors decided it was time for them to die. According to a video by the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide called Euthanasia; A False Light: It has gotten so bad in Holland that people have in their wallets little cards that say, "Do not euthanize me without my consent."