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 to see you all. I'm familiar, I think, with most of your faces, some new faces for me, and

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 thanks for coming out on a Sunday evening, and I hope you'll feel it was worthwhile.

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 A Christian perspective on euthanasia and assisted suicide. It's not a light topic,

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 and I don't have any jokes. Maybe that was a little joke, I don't know, but

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 it's one of these topics that I don't like to be in, and when I was researching this book,

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 it troubled me deeply. And even preparing for this talk, I found the whole thing quite upsetting.

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 And so it comes with a little bit of a warning. Maybe you're very familiar with what's going on

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 in the Netherlands and in other countries. But if you're not, it could be quite shocking for you

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 to hear some of the details. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal in Ireland,

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 but providing information on how to commit suicide is not illegal in many countries,

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 including Ireland. And hence you have organizations like Exit International, hosting seminars and

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 workshops on how to commit suicide throughout the world and in Ireland. And there have been workshops

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 held in Dublin and attended by a lot of people in their 60s and in their 70s. Grandmothers that you

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 might expect to be at home knitting booties for their grandchildren are at Exit International

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 workshops. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are legally permissible, of course, in some countries

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 in Europe. I'm sure you're aware it's permissible in the Netherlands, in Belgium, in Luxembourg,

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 and in Switzerland. And euthanasia is illegal in most of the United States. But assisted suicide

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 is legal in Washington, in Montana, in Oregon, California, Vermont. Did I say Montana? Let me say

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 Montana again if I didn't. And Bernalillo County in New Mexico. It's been resisted in many of the

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 states of the United States. The key difference between euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

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 is who administers the lethal dose of medication. Euthanasia entails the physician or another third

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 party administering medication, whereas physician-assisted suicide requires the patient to self-administer

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 the medication and to determine whether and when to do this. Because it's lawful, many people think

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 it's a legitimate entitlement. But there's a difference, as we know, between law and morality.

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 Currently, there is widespread opposition to both euthanasia and assisted suicide from professional

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 medical associations in many countries. And many of these bodies have made public statements

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 asserting that opposition. It's a fundamental principle of medicine that a doctor should not

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 kill or offer to assist in killing. Euthanasia and assisted suicide must be distinguished from

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 two other things. One, the withholding or withdrawal of inappropriate or unwanted or futile medical

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 treatment. That's the first thing. Secondly, the provision of compassionate palliative care,

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 even when these practices shorten life. Not all available treatments are beneficial in the course of a

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 particular patient's care. After obtaining informed consent, doctors can withhold or withdraw any medical

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 intervention that the physician and patient think imposes a greater burden than a benefit.

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 There's a difference, of course, between non-intervention and direct intervention to kill.

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 And, you know, the decision not to intervene can be done even if the unintentional result of such

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 non-intervention or withdrawal might hasten the patient's death. The dilemma about assisted suicide

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 emerges partly from the medical ability to sustain life beyond the point where, in the past,

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 patients would have been allowed to die. People are becoming increasingly adamant about personal autonomy

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 and other values are being forgotten, like solidarity and community. Assisted suicide,

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 though presented as an act of compassion, is actually a violation of the sanctity of human life.

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 We all want our loved ones to die with dignity, and we all hope for a good death ourselves.

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 Maybe not tonight, but when the time comes.

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 And there are times when a patient's life should not be prolonged by unnatural interventions.

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 If a person is diagnosed with terminal cancer, they have the right to refuse treatments

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 which prolong the duration of life, but at the same time adversely affect the quality of that life.

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 It's not wrong to want to avoid spending your last few months of life in a hospital bed on chemo or radiation therapy.

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 But that's not the same thing as asking somebody to assist in taking your life.

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 Some people argue that laws should accommodate what they call mercy killing.

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 They say that bringing about a gentle death in the case of incurable and painful disease

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 is a humane and appropriate response.

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 When a person has a terminal illness and there's loss of mobility and dignity and consciousness,

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 some people think an injection, a simple injection which brings an end to their life is the solution.

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 But this is very dangerous thinking, and it raises many ethical and legal issues,

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 including the consent of the patient and the role of the doctor.

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 End-of-life concerns must be addressed in a way that represents the sanctity of human life.

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 Care at the end of life is an important issue,

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 and primary care physicians help patients and their families cope with the decisions and emotions

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 surrounding the dying process.

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 The practice of medicine involves meeting patients at their most vulnerable times.

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 Doctors must recognize their fear, embarrassment, and sadness,

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 but acknowledge their humanity and value.

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 Doctors who advocate euthanasia are a minority,

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 and they are actually assisting in the suicide of their own venerable profession.

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 Once euthanasia and assisted suicide become legal,

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 conscientious objection for doctors becomes increasingly difficult to defend.

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 A doctor cannot be both a healer and a killer without losing the trust of society.

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 Assisting patients to die prematurely is not part of the moral ethos or the primary goal of medicine.

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 Having a dual role in taking life while at the same time protecting life

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 would undermine the credibility and the trust that exists between patient and doctor.

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 Doctors shouldn't become executioners.

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 Now Holland, I'll refer to Holland sometimes as the Netherlands.

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 They're not exactly the same thing, but let's not get bogged down in it.

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 You know what I'm talking about.

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 Holland has shown that once the doctor has accepted the fact that she or he can end life,

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 no amount of rules or regulations will protect the public.

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 The notion that a life is meaningless is a moral judgment,

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 outside the scope of a physician's remit.

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 Doctors should respect the right of a competent patient to accept

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 or reject any medical care recommended,

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 recommended.

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 And this will mean recognizing the patient's wishes about the initiation,

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 the continuation, or the cessation of life-sustaining treatment.

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 Doctors must recognize the person, not just the condition.

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 The doctor must try to offer treatment or care that re-establishes their dignity.

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 Palliative or comfort care is a holistic approach to the whole person

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 and seeks to treat the whole person with dignity.

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 I believe that society is on the threshold of ushering in a new and corrupt culture of medicine,

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 and I believe that this could very quickly be foisted on us without consultation.

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 Medical professionals in Ireland exercise their judgment about whether or not a person in certain circumstances

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 should be resuscitated.

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 It was revealed by Kate Holmquist in the Irish Times on the 19th of September 2009

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 that 46% of elderly patients who had the words,

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 do not resuscitate, on their charts were not consulted,

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 and in most cases these fateful words were written by relatively inexperienced junior doctors.

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 Something to be concerned about.

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 It is acceptable, of course, in certain circumstances not to attempt resuscitation,

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 and legitimate in certain circumstances to allow somebody to die.

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 I want us to get this clear in our heads first,

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 but there is a difference between that and killing people.

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 There are many pragmatic arguments against euthanasia,

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 such as the fact that pain can now be effectively managed,

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 so that physical suffering is virtually eliminated,

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 and improvements in this regard are being made all the time.

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 But it is the principled argument against it that is the most compelling.

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 The sanctity of life must be protected,

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 and the code of ethics based on the sanctity of human life

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 is needed in a culture of moral relativism.

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 We do not just have a vacuum, an absence of morality.

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 What we have is a vortex,

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 where people are being sucked down into ever-lowering morality.

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 Euthanasia and assisted suicide are opposed by most national medical associations

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 and prohibited by the law codes of most countries,

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 but this is under threat.

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 It is under threat from lobbyists for change,

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 and high-profile people and worst-case scenarios

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 are presented in the media to argue for this.

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 Requests for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

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 are being made in the UK.

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 Some doctors are facilitating these requests in other jurisdictions.

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 The balance between personal autonomy and responsibility to society is important,

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 and what we have now is unbridled personal autonomy

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 driving this agenda.

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 There is an important absolute principle at the core of this issue,

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 and it is not a good moral argument to say

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 that because something is desired and widely practiced

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 that it should be legalized in order to monitor and control and regulate it.

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 And this argument has prevailed in Holland

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 with regard to the use of cannabis, prostitution,

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 as well as euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.

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 But where does such a pragmatic and unprincipled approach ultimately lead,

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 and who is to say where the boundaries are to be drawn?

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 If euthanasia is legalized,

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 there will be undesirable outcomes.

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 Some patients will feel pressurized

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 to relieve their families of the burden,

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 emotional and financial,

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 of keeping them alive.

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 Now, I've been asked by Johnny to say something about the Irish context,

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 and I'm sure you're all quite familiar with some of the things I'm going to say,

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 but let me just refresh your memories.

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 In Ireland, it's illegal for a doctor, as I've said,

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 or anyone else to actively contribute to someone's death.

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 The law on these issues could be changed

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 either by court decisions, parliament or plebiscite.

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 It's not, however, illegal to remove life support and other treatment

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 should a person or their next of kin request it under certain conditions.

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 A September the 17th, 2010 Irish Times poll

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 showed that a majority, 57% of adults,

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 believed that doctor-assisted suicide

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 should be legal for terminally ill patients who request it.

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 If palliative care was properly understood,

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 I believe the poll results could be different.

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 I believe that fear and ignorance is driving this agenda.

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 You might have heard of the case of Marie Fleming v. Ireland.

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 She was a university lecturer who suffered from multiple sclerosis,

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 and she lost a landmark Supreme Court challenge

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 for the right to an assisted suicide in 2013.

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 And she died, sadly, peacefully at home on the 20th of December 2013,

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 aged 59.

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 She challenged the absolute ban on assisted suicide

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 in the Criminal Law Suicide Act of 1993.

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 She argued that as a severely disabled person,

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 unable to take her own life, unaided,

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 the law disproportionately infringed her personal autonomy rights,

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 I'm quoting now,

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 under the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.

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 She claimed that the ban was discriminatory

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 in that an able-bodied person may take their own life lawfully,

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 but she could not be lawfully helped to do the same.

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 Ms. Fleming had perfect cognitive function,

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 but had lost all motor function.

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 Marie Fleming was not the first person

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 to raise the issue of assisted suicide,

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 but her case has embedded the matter in the public consciousness.

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 The debate is well underway in Ireland,

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 and I wonder if you know how far advanced it is now.

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 In the Fleming v. Ireland case,

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 the seven-judge Supreme Court held

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 that although suicide is no longer a crime in Ireland,

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 this does not mean that there is a constitutional right

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 to take one's own life

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 or to determine the time of one's death.

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 It also found that the principle of equal treatment

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 did not confer on Ms. Fleming,

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 as a disabled person,

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 the right to be helped in taking her own life.

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 The judges stressed

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 that they were conscious of Ms. Fleming's suffering.

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 Nevertheless, they said, and I quote,

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 it is impossible to craft a solution

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 specific to the needs of a plaintiff such as Ms. Fleming

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 without jeopardizing an essential fabric of the legal system,

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 namely respect for human life

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 and compromising these protections for others.

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 Wise men, indeed.

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 This echoed the earlier ruling of the High Court,

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 which found that it could not rule in Ms. Fleming's favor

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 because, quote,

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 it could open a Pandora's box

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 leading to the involuntary deaths of vulnerable others.

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 End quote.

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 Ms. Fleming could have taken an appeal

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 to the European Court of Human Rights,

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 but other decisions of the Strasbourg Court

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 are not supportive

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 because they tend to leave decisions of this nature

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 to the national supreme courts.

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 In November 2013,

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 the then-tawnished Eamon Gilmore in the Dáil

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 praised Ms. Fleming's, quote,

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 brave and courageous campaign.

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 End quote.

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 He went on to acknowledge

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 that there's a range of ethical, legal,

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 and other issues associated with this topic.

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 However, he added,

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 this issue requires to be dealt with legislatively.

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 And this campaign, of course,

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 it didn't end with Ms. Fleming's death,

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 the matter is now in the hands of politicians,

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 very firmly.

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 A bill has been introduced to the Dáil last June 2015,

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 passed, uncontested,

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 and will go to the next stages.

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 In fact, it's meant to be debated this year,

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 but when will that happen?

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 One wonders.

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 Anyway, as I say,

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 the matter is now firmly in the hands of politicians,

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 and some of these legislators have indicated

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 that change is needed

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 in order to accommodate assisted suicide.

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 When Eamon Gilmore says

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 this issue requires to be dealt with legislatively,

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 we have legislation.

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 What he means is

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 this needs to be changed

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 to accommodate assisted suicide.

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 Right.

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 Tom Curran,

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 that's Marie Fleming's partner,

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 he has worked with TD John Halligan,

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 Waterford Independent TD,

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 and a team of four barristers

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 to draft legislation

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 to allow for assisted suicide.

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 And they completed

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 a right to die bill

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 based on the Oregon

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 Death with Dignity Act.

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 And Curran has got support

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 from several other TDs

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 and some senators.

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 Halligan introduced

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 the Dying with Dignity bill

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 to the Dáil

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 June 2015.

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 He said,

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 and I'm quoting in the Dáil,

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 he said,

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 Dáil Éireann needs to enter this debate,

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 and when we do so,

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 we need to leave

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 any religious dogma

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 at the door.

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 It reminds me of a sign

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 that I saw once

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 in a Paris hotel.

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 Please leave your values

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 at the front desk.

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 The Humanist Association of Ireland

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 has an interest in this bill,

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 and in March 2013,

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.820
 they invited Tom Curran

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 to speak about his experience

00:19:58.580 --> 00:20:00.740
 of trying to help his partner

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:03.480
 succeed in fulfilling her wish

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:05.519
 to have an assisted suicide.

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.779
 Halligan's bill would allow

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:10.140
 for a person to end their own life,

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:12.019
 subject to being examined

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:14.440
 by two separate medical practitioners

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:16.860
 who then sign a valid declaration

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:21.400
 that the person in question's decision

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.400
 is voluntary.

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 Halligan said the doctors

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.400
 would have to certify

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:27.600
 that the person has an incurable

00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:29.160
 and progressive illness

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.700
 which cannot be reversed

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.400
 by treatment

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 and which is likely to lead

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 to their death.

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 It all sounds very good.

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.660
 All sounds very reasonable.

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:40.860
 He said that a third independent witness

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 who is not a beneficiary

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.619
 of that person's estate

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 must also testify

00:20:45.219 --> 00:20:48.619
 that the person seeking assisted suicide

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:50.979
 has a clear and settled intention

00:20:50.979 --> 00:20:52.579
 to end their own life

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:54.439
 when their illness becomes

00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:55.799
 too much to bear.

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.599
 Halligan told the Dáil,

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 At all times,

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.740
 safeguards must be met

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:04.000
 to show the terminally ill person

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.819
 has reached their decision

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:08.059
 on an informed basis

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 and without coercion or duress.

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 Well, all of this was said

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 in the Netherlands.

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 Ten years, you know,

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.879
 like, it's legal in the Netherlands

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:24.399
 since the 1st of April 2002.

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 Euthanasia and assisted suicide

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 are both legal since that time.

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 But a decade before that

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 it was widely practiced.

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 And all of these safeguards

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.779
 were put in place

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:38.099
 and all of them now

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.660
 no longer exist.

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 None of them at all.

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 And if you're tired of life

00:21:43.800 --> 00:21:45.259
 and you're 16 years old

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.759
 you can have your life terminated.

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:49.180
 I work in the Netherlands.

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 I've also suffered from depression

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.900
 in the past.

00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:55.660
 Should I be overwhelmed by depression

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.840
 on a two-week visit

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.640
 to the Netherlands

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 I could be dispatched

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:03.180
 by visiting a doctor

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:05.240
 who doesn't have to refer me

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:07.680
 for any psychiatric counseling

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:09.180
 who doesn't have to consult

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.180
 any relative.

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.460
 I don't have to have

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.560
 a terminal illness.

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:15.299
 I don't even have to be ill.

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:18.500
 Technically that's illegal

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.220
 in the Netherlands

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.880
 but that's widely practiced

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.240
 because those criteria

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.160
 are still in place

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 but they're totally ignored.

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.980
 The first bear would hear of it

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.400
 could be, possibly,

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.700
 imagine this scenario

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.920
 my ashes arriving at the door.

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:35.039
 That's the kind of scenario

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.340
 that we have

00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:38.840
 a nightmarish scenario now.

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.860
 Anyway, Halligan's bill

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:45.279
 would allow for

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:47.980
 all of this

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.920
 and these are the safeguards

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.820
 that are talked about

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.600
 at this stage

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:53.400
 but once legislation is introduced

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.720
 all of these things

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.519
 are diluted

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.820
 and expanded

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 and ignored.

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 And that's the evidence

00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:01.280
 that we have

00:23:01.280 --> 00:23:02.480
 from places

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:04.060
 where it does exist

00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:05.240
 like the Netherlands.

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:07.259
 And all we can go on

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.600
 is that evidence.

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:11.620
 And in April 2015

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.780
 you might be familiar

00:23:12.780 --> 00:23:13.240
 with this.

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.120
 Gail O'Rourke

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:15.400
 I'll come back to that

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.200
 and what has happened

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.740
 in the Netherlands

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.420
 in a few minutes

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.900
 but let me just finish off

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.240
 on the Irish context.

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:22.360
 In April 2015

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:23.320
 Gail O'Rourke

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:25.359
 was found not guilty

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.159
 of attempting

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:28.339
 to assist her friend

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:30.159
 and MS sufferer

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.819
 Bernadette Ford

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:34.240
 to travel to a euthanasia clinic

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.339
 Dignitas

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.319
 in Zurich

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.000
 in Switzerland.

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.659
 The trial lasted

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.480
 eight days

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.439
 and the jury

00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:42.299
 deliberated for seven hours

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:44.039
 and it was the first

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.960
 prosecution

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.299
 under the Criminal Law

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:48.259
 Suicide Act 1993

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:50.159
 which decriminalized

00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:52.299
 suicide

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.980
 but made it an offence

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.940
 to assist another

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:56.480
 to end their life.

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:58.339
 The O'Rourke Ford

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.680
 plan was thwarted

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.180
 when a travel agent

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.339
 alerted the Gardee.

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.819
 Judge McCartan

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.759
 ordered the jury

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.539
 to acquit

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.659
 Miss O'Rourke

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:08.159
 of ordering

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:09.259
 a lethal dose

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.139
 of barbiturates

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.899
 from Mexico

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:12.240
 which were later

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.419
 taken by Miss Ford

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.819
 to end her life

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.980
 on June 5th 2011.

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.240
 The judge

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.599
 also told the jury

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:21.000
 to find O'Rourke

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.779
 not guilty

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:23.119
 of procuring

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:24.079
 the suicide

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.940
 of her friend

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.539
 by helping

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.339
 to organize

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.960
 her funeral

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.240
 before her death.

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.639
 A Gardee

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.839
 investigation began

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:33.319
 after Miss Ford's

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.200
 body was found

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.000
 in her apartment

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.220
 with the drug

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.319
 pentobarbital

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.000
 nearby.

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.420
 Pentobarbital

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.180
 is used

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.440
 in euthanasia

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.859
 and in capital punishment

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:44.180
 in the U.S.

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:47.220
 curare

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.400
 is the drug

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.140
 they use

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:51.039
 in the Netherlands

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.400
 and curare

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.480
 is a drug

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.900
 I don't know

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.880
 if you ever remember

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.560
 the films

00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:56.500
 with the pigamies

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.820
 in Africa

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.740
 the tribe

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.900
 of very

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:01.340
 low sized people

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.180
 and they shoot

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:03.039
 poison darts

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.340
 that's curare

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.019
 there are

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.039
 there are

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:07.400
 it's a paralytic

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.920
 drug

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:09.420
 and there are

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.759
 of course

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.720
 synthetic versions

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.480
 of that now

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.559
 but anyway

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:15.980
 Gardee

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.660
 first became

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.460
 aware of the matter

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.059
 when they were

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.120
 alerted by the

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.920
 manager of

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.880
 Rathgar Travel

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.900
 that a group

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.360
 of people

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.900
 were traveling

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.559
 to Dignitas

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.360
 in Zurich

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.319
 and O'Rourke

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.620
 told the travel agent

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.240
 the purpose

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.799
 of the trip

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.240
 and this information

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.940
 was passed

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.799
 on to Gardee

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.579
 who were waiting

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.019
 for her

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.960
 when she came

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.480
 to collect

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.299
 the tickets

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.000
 now Gardee

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.599
 didn't make

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.240
 an arrest

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.740
 but they told

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.180
 O'Rourke

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.079
 it was an offense

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.740
 to assist

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.799
 in a suicide

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.419
 now let me

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.000
 just say

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:44.059
 that voter

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.279
 referendums

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.200
 and legislative

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.899
 bills on

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.859
 assisted suicide

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.139
 have failed

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:50.159
 in many places

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:51.759
 so we shouldn't

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.240
 despair

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.399
 why have they

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.079
 failed though

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.359
 that's the question

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.599
 partly because

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.659
 of the concerns

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:59.159
 of a broad

00:25:59.159 --> 00:26:00.139
 coalition of

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.599
 healthcare

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.319
 professionals

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:03.000
 hospice workers

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.519
 disability rights

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.119
 advocates

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.379
 pro-life advocates

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.379
 and various

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.339
 moral leaders

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.019
 who have

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.240
 vigorously opposed

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.500
 the legalization

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.460
 of euthanasia

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.059
 and assisted

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.500
 suicide

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.500
 in these

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.880
 political

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.500
 jurisdictions

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.940
 what are their

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.700
 concerns

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.599
 they've been

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.480
 concerned about

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.039
 the inability

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.059
 to contain

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:22.480
 assisted suicide

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.599
 once it

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.140
 starts

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.440
 and evidence

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.140
 shows that

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.740
 once you

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.779
 open the door

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.799
 to legalize

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.779
 euthanasia

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.539
 and assisted

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.059
 suicide

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.640
 things change

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.339
 dramatically

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.519
 and that's

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.000
 what

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.299
 Hope Ireland

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.599
 wants to

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.099
 prevent

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:40.919
 hope

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.240
 Ireland

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.879
 is a

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.240
 new

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.099
 organization

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.079
 opposed

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.480
 to

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.759
 legalizing

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.399
 euthanasia

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:46.919
 and assisted

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.419
 suicide

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.419
 and it

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.059
 is warned

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.799
 that the

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.399
 consequences

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.199
 of doing

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:51.779
 so in

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.119
 Ireland

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:53.000
 would be

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.639
 would be

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.359
 catastrophic

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.599
 now

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.699
 they're an

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.519
 independent

00:26:57.519 --> 00:27:02.199
 organization

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.819
 I might say

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.240
 a little bit

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.699
 more about

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.240
 them in a few

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.759
 minutes but

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.700
 in countries

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.500
 where assisted

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.559
 suicide was

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.319
 legalized

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.299
 more often

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.160
 it wasn't

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.960
 used by

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.079
 older people

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.140
 but by

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.940
 middle-aged

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.920
 people who

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.599
 feared

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.400
 disability

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.059
 or age

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.519
 related

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.180
 disease

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.579
 and the

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.160
 answer to

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.799
 that fear

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.319
 is more

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.940
 support

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:24.180
 more education

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.500
 more compassion

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:27.099
 right to die

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:28.099
 advocates point

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.779
 to Holland

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.879
 as the

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.740
 model for

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.500
 how well

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.200
 physician

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.720
 assisted

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.480
 suicide

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:36.920
 and voluntary

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.640
 euthanasia

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.480
 for terminally

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.900
 ill

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.559
 competent

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.100
 patients

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.799
 can work

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.500
 without abuse

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.920
 but the

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.860
 facts indicate

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.500
 otherwise

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:46.160
 the Rotterdam

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.620
 court

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.319
 established

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.180
 the following

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.860
 guidelines

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.539
 I list

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.960
 eight

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.720
 the patient

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.360
 must be

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:53.079
 experiencing

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.039
 unbearable

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.460
 pain

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.120
 that's number

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.480
 one

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.420
 number two

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.100
 the patient

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.920
 must be

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.519
 conscious

00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:00.779
 number three

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.700
 the death

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.299
 request

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.839
 must be

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.399
 voluntary

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.579
 number four

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.200
 the patient

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.700
 must have

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.200
 been given

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.019
 alternatives

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:08.339
 to euthanasia

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.180
 and time

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.740
 to consider

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.240
 these

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.740
 number five

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:13.019
 there must

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.599
 no longer

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.940
 there must be

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.440
 no other

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.460
 reasonable solution

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.220
 to the problem

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.579
 number six

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.579
 the patient's

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.819
 death

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.680
 cannot inflict

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:23.059
 unnecessary

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.799
 suffering

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.519
 on others

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:26.460
 number seven

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:29.240
 there must be

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.639
 more than one

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.780
 person involved

00:28:31.780 --> 00:28:32.200
 in the

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.780
 euthanasia

00:28:32.780 --> 00:28:33.320
 decision

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:34.960
 number eight

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.720
 only a doctor

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.480
 can euthanize

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.920
 the patient

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.440
 and there is

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.880
 a ninth

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.620
 great care

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.080
 must be

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.720
 taken in

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.620
 actually making

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.400
 the death

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.860
 decision

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.600
 all of those

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:46.100
 strict you

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.580
 would say

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.620
 criteria

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:49.280
 were established

00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:49.759
 by the

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.240
 Rotterdam

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.759
 court and

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.520
 these guidelines

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:52.460
 they've been

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.120
 interpreted

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:54.240
 by the

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.520
 Dutch

00:28:54.520 --> 00:28:55.060
 courts and

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.460
 the Royal

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.780
 Dutch

00:28:55.780 --> 00:28:56.160
 Medical

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.820
 Association

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.759
 in ever

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.399
 broadening

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.019
 terms

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.200
 one example

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.000
 is for

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.519
 example

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.960
 the very

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.659
 first one

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.599
 the interpretation

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.240
 of the

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.299
 unbearable

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.779
 pain

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.539
 requirement

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:10.220
 reflected in

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.819
 the Hague

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.339
 court of

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.700
 appeal

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.139
 decision

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:13.159
 the court

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.859
 ruled that

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.599
 the pain

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.200
 guideline

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.939
 was not

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.539
 limited to

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.319
 physical pain

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.939
 this is where

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.539
 it starts

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:20.259
 and that

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.799
 psychic

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.460
 suffering

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.000
 it said

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.419
 or the

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.099
 potential

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:25.019
 disfigurement

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.900
 of personality

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.960
 could also

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.720
 be grounds

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.279
 for

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.519
 euthanasia

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.279
 and the

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.019
 main argument

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.759
 in favour

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.639
 of euthanasia

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.180
 in Holland

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.000
 has always

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.879
 been the

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.420
 need for

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.279
 more patient

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.000
 autonomy

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.119
 that patients

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.480
 have the

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.980
 right to

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.379
 make their

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.279
 own end

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.700
 of life

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.259
 decisions

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.339
 yet over

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.799
 the past

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.799
 20 years

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.900
 Dutch

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.740
 euthanasia

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.700
 practice has

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.319
 ultimately

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.480
 given doctors

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.539
 not patients

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.799
 more and

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.559
 more power

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.559
 the question

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.000
 of whether

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.700
 a patient

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.500
 should live

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.000
 or die

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.259
 is often

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.819
 decided

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.740
 exclusively

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.759
 by a

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.160
 doctor

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.960
 or a

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.299
 team

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.599
 of

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.119
 physicians

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:02.460
 now

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.140
 in spite

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.440
 of the

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.740
 fact

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.039
 that

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.400
 medical

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.859
 care

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.140
 is

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.680
 provided

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.259
 everywhere

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.700
 in

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.200
 Holland

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.640
 free

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:10.119
 or

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.480
 well

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.700
 not

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.059
 free

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.319
 but

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.579
 it's

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.079
 you know

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.319
 it's

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.119
 a

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.799
 developed

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.420
 country

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.259
 and

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.940
 it has

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.539
 good

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.920
 medical

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.299
 care

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.700
 but in

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:19.980
 spite

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.400
 of that

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.440
 palliative

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.859
 care

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.480
 programs

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:22.720
 with

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.140
 adequate

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.519
 pain

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.980
 control

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.539
 techniques

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.000
 and

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.360
 knowledge

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.620
 are

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:25.960
 very

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.360
 poorly

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:26.799
 developed

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.099
 and

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.519
 where

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.360
 euthanasia

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.799
 is an

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.339
 accepted

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.779
 medical

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.360
 solution

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.900
 to

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.380
 patients

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.779
 pain

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.000
 and

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.360
 suffering

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.160
 there's

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.420
 little

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.980
 incentive

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.319
 to

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.720
 develop

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.400
 programs

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.720
 which

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.319
 provide

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.400
 modern

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.099
 available

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.440
 and

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.940
 effective

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.339
 pain

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.860
 control

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.400
 for

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.980
 patients

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.019
 that

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.180
 is

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.500
 one

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.319
 of

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.819
 the

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.360
 outcomes

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.200
 of

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.779
 introducing

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.519
 something

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.819
 like

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.079
 that

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.599
 there

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:48.720
 are

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:48.939
 very

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.240
 few

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.759
 hospice

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.259
 programs

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.639
 in

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:50.919
 Holland

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.740
 and

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:51.939
 the

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.359
 services

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.639
 they

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.079
 provide

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.259
 are

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.539
 very

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.960
 limited

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.439
 in

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:54.579
 the

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:54.759
 mid

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.439
 90s

00:30:55.439 --> 00:30:56.759
 1990s

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:56.859
 for

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.199
 example

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:57.399
 there

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.539
 were

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.799
 only

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.259
 two

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.220
 hospices

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.659
 in

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.019
 Ireland

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.439
 in

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:01.319
 the

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.679
 Netherlands

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.859
 two

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.579
 for

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.919
 a

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.179
 country

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.379
 that

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.559
 has

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.720
 a

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.299
 population

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.799
 four

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.339
 times

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.899
 the

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.399
 size

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:07.879
 of

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.159
 Ireland

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.399
 in

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:08.819
 Ireland

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.199
 there

00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:09.379
 are

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:09.899
 nine

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:11.199
 hospices

00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:11.859
 three

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.099
 in

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.399
 Dublin

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:12.679
 and

00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:12.939
 one

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.259
 each

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.480
 in

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.879
 Cork

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.480
 Limerick

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.019
 Galway

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.839
 Sligo

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.659
 Donegal

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.240
 and

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.899
 Kildare

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.540
 there's

00:31:18.540 --> 00:31:18.820
 none

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.100
 for

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.540
 example

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:19.880
 in

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.680
 Waterford

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.120
 to my

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.480
 knowledge

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.700
 but

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.440
 you see

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.980
 most

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.980
 palliative

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.460
 care

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.120
 is

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.660
 delivered

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.180
 in

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.100
 homes

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:29.140
 that

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.600
 service

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:29.860
 is

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.160
 offered

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.400
 in

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.780
 Waterford

00:31:30.780 --> 00:31:30.960
 and

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.160
 in

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.400
 South

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.000
 Kilkenny

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.200
 by

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:35.620
 a

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.040
 palliative

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:36.460
 care

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.120
 team

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.360
 and

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:39.180
 hospice

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.060
 specialists

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.420
 but they

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.740
 don't have

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.680
 a hospice

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.019
 building

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.640
 with beds

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.220
 if you

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.300
 know

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.480
 what I

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.600
 mean

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:43.980
 but

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.140
 there's

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.240
 a

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.380
 big

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.780
 difference

00:31:44.780 --> 00:31:45.060
 there

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.480
 why

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.640
 you

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:47.980
 know

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:51.180
 active

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.640
 medical

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.320
 intervention

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:52.820
 to cut

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.120
 short

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.520
 a life

00:31:53.520 --> 00:31:53.820
 without

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.300
 an

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:54.700
 express

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.280
 request

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:56.000
 is a

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.300
 common

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.840
 practice

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.200
 in the

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.540
 Netherlands

00:31:57.540 --> 00:31:58.500
 they've

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.960
 officially

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.759
 sanctioned

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.380
 euthanasia

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.280
 for those

00:32:01.280 --> 00:32:01.860
 who cannot

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.620
 ask for

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:02.820
 it

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.820
 particularly

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.740
 handicapped

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.259
 newborn

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.820
 children

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.740
 the

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.019
 court

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.519
 found

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.879
 that

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:09.200
 psychiatrist

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.059
 Dr.

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.779
 Shabbat

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.819
 was

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.279
 medically

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.939
 justified

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.379
 and

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.759
 followed

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.379
 established

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:15.000
 euthanasia

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.619
 guidelines

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.679
 in helping

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.119
 his

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.939
 physically

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.619
 healthy

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.139
 but

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.740
 depressed

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.279
 patient

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.740
 commit

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.339
 suicide

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.240
 why

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.500
 was

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.700
 this

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.139
 person

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:24.059
 depressed

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.899
 well

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.059
 the

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.460
 patient

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.899
 50

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.119
 year

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.419
 old

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.700
 Hilly

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.200
 Bosher

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.179
 said

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.419
 she

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:28.779
 wanted

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.059
 to

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.419
 die

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:30.159
 after

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.379
 the

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.679
 death

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:30.879
 of

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.019
 her

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.259
 two

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.659
 children

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:36.660
 and

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:36.800
 the

00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:37.220
 subsequent

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.680
 breakup

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:37.940
 of

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.100
 her

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.560
 marriage

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.580
 it's

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:39.779
 not

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.380
 surprising

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.680
 that

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:40.860
 this

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.120
 woman

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.480
 wanted

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.720
 to

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.000
 die

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.680
 it

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:42.940
 seems

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.160
 like

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.320
 a

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:43.759
 natural

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.400
 reaction

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.759
 to

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.140
 such

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.279
 tragedy

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.640
 in

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:46.779
 her

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.100
 life

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.320
 but

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.580
 such

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:47.720
 a

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.220
 distressed

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.620
 woman

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.500
 should

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.620
 have

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:49.800
 been

00:32:49.800 --> 00:32:50.160
 helped

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.500
 to

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.800
 live

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:53.540
 you

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:53.720
 know

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:53.940
 that

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.200
 some

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.700
 doctors

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.060
 run

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.680
 self-help

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.220
 programs

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.440
 for

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.000
 adolescents

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.340
 to

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:57.600
 end

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:57.779
 their

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.160
 lives

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.320
 in

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.420
 the

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.820
 Netherlands

00:32:58.820 --> 00:33:00.100
 general

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.779
 practitioners

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.279
 wishing

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.559
 to

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:01.839
 admit

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.220
 elderly

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.720
 patients

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:02.940
 to

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.440
 hospitals

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.099
 have

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.599
 sometimes

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:04.859
 been

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.299
 advised

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.539
 to

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.700
 give

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:05.859
 the

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.259
 patients

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.779
 lethal

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.460
 injections

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.180
 instead

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.440
 cost

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.019
 containment

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.539
 is one

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.740
 of the

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:10.980
 main

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.440
 aims

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.639
 of

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:11.940
 Dutch

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.559
 health

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:12.819
 care

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.359
 policy

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.379
 and

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.059
 euthanasia

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.539
 training

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.299
 has been

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:17.579
 part of

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.879
 both

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.319
 medical

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.700
 and

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.099
 nursing

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.599
 school

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.460
 curricula

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.740
 for

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.019
 many

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.420
 years

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.779
 now

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:24.460
 euthanasia

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.899
 has been

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.420
 administered

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.799
 to

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.180
 people

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.480
 with

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.299
 diabetes

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.940
 rheumatism

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.740
 multiple

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.539
 sclerosis

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.399
 AIDS

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:32.319
 bronchitis

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.299
 and

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.099
 accident

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.619
 victims

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:36.539
 what you

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.119
 have is

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.519
 suicide

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.019
 on

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.680
 prescription

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.879
 and you

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.119
 do

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.559
 have

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.980
 you know

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.480
 we have

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.980
 meals on

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.180
 wheels

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.420
 in

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.680
 Ireland

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.639
 well you

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:43.799
 have

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.099
 death

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.319
 on

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.559
 wheels

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.879
 in the

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.220
 Netherlands

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.539
 because

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:48.039
 the

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.659
 right to

00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.079
 die

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.039
 people

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.500
 in the

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.920
 Netherlands

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:52.139
 found that

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.500
 there were

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.759
 some

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.539
 conscientious

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.259
 objectors

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.799
 doctors

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.420
 who didn't

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.799
 want to

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.299
 participate

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.759
 in these

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.220
 programs

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.640
 and so

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.140
 they

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.799
 introduced

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.440
 a mobile

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.200
 service

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.920
 whereas if

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.440
 your doctor

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.620
 refused to

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.440
 give you

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.059
 this service

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.720
 you could

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.120
 ring them

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:06.339
 up

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.960
 they'd call

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.339
 around to

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.839
 your house

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.480
 and you

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.760
 could be

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.360
 dispatched

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:12.019
 in that

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.320
 way

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.940
 in 1990

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.699
 the Dutch

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.559
 Patients

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.340
 Association

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.400
 a disability

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.000
 rights

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.800
 organization

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.639
 developed

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.059
 wallet

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.159
 sized cards

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.920
 which state

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.940
 that if

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.720
 the signer

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.400
 is admitted

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.039
 to a

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.539
 hospital

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.180
 no

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.680
 treatment

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:27.960
 be

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.460
 administered

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.980
 with the

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.460
 intention

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.780
 to

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.320
 terminate

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.740
 life

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:32.039
 many

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.380
 in

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.680
 Holland

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.039
 see

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.240
 the

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.660
 card

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.400
 as a

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:36.059
 necessity

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.800
 to help

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.260
 prevent

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.360
 involuntary

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.960
 euthanasia

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.900
 being performed

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.840
 on those

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.340
 who do not

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.940
 want their

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.340
 lives

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:42.780
 ended

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.760
 especially

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.380
 those

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.860
 whose

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.340
 lives

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.559
 are

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.059
 considered

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.619
 low

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.180
 in

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.639
 quality

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.840
 in

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.539
 1993

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.119
 the

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.400
 Dutch

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.780
 senior

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.300
 citizens

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.660
 group

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.099
 the

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.619
 Protestant

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.300
 Christian

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.980
 Elderly

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.900
 Society

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.099
 surveyed

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.700
 2066

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.420
 seniors

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.380
 on general

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.920
 health care

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.400
 issues

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.019
 the

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.400
 survey

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.880
 didn't

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.320
 address

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.539
 the

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.840
 issue

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.039
 of

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.639
 euthanasia

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.160
 at all

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.700
 yet

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.480
 10%

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.019
 of the

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.400
 elderly

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.260
 respondents

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.039
 clearly

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.860
 indicated

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.280
 that

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.760
 because

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.260
 of the

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.539
 Dutch

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.200
 euthanasia

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.680
 policy

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.340
 they were

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.820
 afraid

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.340
 that their

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.660
 lives

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:14.000
 could be

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.519
 terminated

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.139
 without

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.619
 their

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.220
 request

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:17.559
 right to

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.740
 die

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.320
 advocates

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.440
 often argue

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.119
 that assisted

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.599
 suicide

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.160
 is a

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:21.519
 choice

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.940
 issue

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.619
 the

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:22.960
 Dutch

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.639
 experience

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.119
 clearly

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.760
 indicates

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.040
 that

00:35:25.040 --> 00:35:25.560
 where

00:35:25.560 --> 00:35:26.320
 euthanasia

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.780
 and

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.220
 assisted

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.880
 suicide

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.220
 are

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.720
 accepted

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.440
 practice

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.980
 a

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.420
 significant

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.000
 number

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.200
 of

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.580
 patients

00:35:31.580 --> 00:35:32.280
 end up

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.880
 having

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.180
 no

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.620
 choice

00:35:33.620 --> 00:35:33.840
 at

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.140
 all

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:35.920
 it's

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.580
 inevitably

00:35:37.580 --> 00:35:38.140
 applied

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.700
 to those

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:38.980
 who are

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.480
 chronically

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.880
 ill

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.600
 disabled

00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:41.240
 elderly

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.780
 mentally

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.220
 ill

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.900
 mentally

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.520
 retarded

00:35:43.520 --> 00:35:44.040
 and

00:35:44.040 --> 00:35:44.600
 depressed

00:35:44.600 --> 00:35:45.440
 the

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.880
 rationale

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.640
 being

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:46.900
 that

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.520
 such

00:35:47.520 --> 00:35:48.300
 individuals

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.980
 should

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.200
 have

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.400
 the

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.740
 same

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.100
 rights

00:35:50.100 --> 00:35:50.320
 to

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.640
 end

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.920
 their

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.340
 suffering

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.920
 as

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.300
 anyone

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.700
 else

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.320
 even

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.579
 if

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:53.920
 they

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.820
 do

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.120
 not

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:55.380
 or

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.760
 cannot

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.620
 voluntarily

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:58.000
 request

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.620
 death

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.800
 unlike

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.240
 Holland

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.519
 where

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.900
 medical

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.320
 care

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.559
 is

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.200
 automatically

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.820
 provided

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.059
 for

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.480
 anyone

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.120
 for

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.480
 everyone

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.880
 in the

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.200
 USA

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.680
 millions

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.000
 of

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.360
 people

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.980
 cannot

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.539
 afford

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.000
 medical

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.480
 treatment

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.200
 if

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.860
 euthanasia

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.120
 and

00:36:11.120 --> 00:36:11.559
 assisted

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.160
 suicide

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.760
 become

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.460
 accepted

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.000
 more

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.440
 widespread

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.800
 in the

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.180
 USA

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.900
 death

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.260
 would be

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.740
 the only

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.160
 medical

00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:17.680
 option

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.219
 many

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.559
 people

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.759
 could

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.119
 afford

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.299
 doctors

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.639
 may

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:20.819
 not

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.239
 always

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.960
 recognize

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.179
 if

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.339
 a

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:23.299
 patient's

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.919
 assisted

00:36:23.919 --> 00:36:24.480
 suicide

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.079
 request

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.500
 is the

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.859
 result

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.099
 of

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.579
 depression

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.460
 or

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.719
 the

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.199
 sometimes

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.699
 subtle

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.159
 pressure

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.659
 placed

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:30.279
 on

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:30.519
 the

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.980
 patient

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.259
 to

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:31.599
 get

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:31.779
 out

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:31.899
 of

00:36:31.899 --> 00:36:31.980
 the

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.219
 way

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.559
 also

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.899
 given

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:34.099
 the

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.379
 current

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:34.839
 push

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:35.059
 for

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.339
 health

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.559
 care

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.000
 cost

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.639
 containment

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.480
 medical

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.079
 facilities

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.599
 may be

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:38.879
 tempted

00:36:38.879 --> 00:36:39.299
 to view

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.799
 patients

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.539
 in terms

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.879
 of their

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.279
 treatment

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:41.980
 costs

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.659
 instead

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.119
 of their

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.519
 innate

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.980
 value

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.199
 as

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.460
 human

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.940
 beings

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.099
 patients

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.359
 should

00:36:46.359 --> 00:36:47.559
 not

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:47.820
 be

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.119
 viewed

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.500
 merely

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.039
 as

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.619
 customers

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.440
 in a

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.699
 health

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.019
 care

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.619
 business

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.380
 what

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.539
 is

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.840
 needed

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.320
 is

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.000
 customized

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.699
 care

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.219
 not

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.699
 customer

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.139
 care

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.920
 in a

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.460
 society

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.099
 of

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.799
 economics

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.199
 without

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.759
 ethics

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.960
 it's

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.320
 often

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.960
 the paramount

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.739
 consideration

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.099
 is the

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.779
 bottom line

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.820
 and

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.460
 there's a

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.759
 danger

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.019
 that

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.519
 ultimately

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.000
 even

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.420
 clinical

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:11.179
 decisions

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.199
 will be

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.820
 determined

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.440
 by

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.039
 financial

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.579
 management

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.199
 policies

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.480
 and

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.019
 professionals

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:17.659
 the

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.159
 elderly

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.519
 the

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.960
 chronically

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.400
 sick

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.860
 the

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.480
 intellectually

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.360
 and

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.780
 physically

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.320
 disabled

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.719
 would

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.300
 become

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.179
 vulnerable

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.480
 termination

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.039
 of life

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.800
 on request

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.659
 and assisted

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.159
 suicide

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:29.079
 act

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.400
 it took

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.820
 place

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.619
 on the

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.019
 1st of

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.320
 April

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.219
 2002

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.659
 and it

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.219
 legalized

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.860
 euthanasia

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.320
 and

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.659
 physician

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.639
 assisted

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.179
 suicide

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.820
 the

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.559
 procedures

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.920
 codified

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.539
 in that

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.920
 law

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.420
 had been

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.940
 widely

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.579
 practiced

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.280
 by the

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.500
 Dutch

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.800
 medical

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.280
 community

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.780
 for many

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.159
 years

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.699
 prior to

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:44.920
 that

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:46.000
 and

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.400
 what

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.619
 the

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.019
 law

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.480
 did

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.139
 was

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.380
 it

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.180
 transformed

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.519
 the

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.200
 crimes

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:50.740
 of

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.380
 euthanasia

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.599
 and

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.000
 assisted

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.440
 suicide

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.860
 into

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.200
 medical

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.639
 treatments

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.980
 and

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.519
 specifically

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.000
 it

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.599
 allows

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:58.700
 euthanasia

00:37:58.700 --> 00:37:59.019
 for

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:00.039
 incompetent

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.559
 patients

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.920
 16 year

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.280
 olds

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:03.019
 can request

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.659
 termination

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.180
 of life

00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:05.240
 requests

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:06.119
 don't have

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.440
 to be

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.820
 made

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.559
 for any

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.000
 particular

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.480
 medical

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.039
 condition

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.860
 children

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.579
 12 to

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.500
 15 years

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.680
 of

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.480
 old

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.039
 can

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.460
 also

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.019
 request

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.340
 and

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.800
 receive

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.539
 euthanasia

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.179
 if

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.440
 a

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.820
 parent

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.079
 or

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.519
 guardian

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.179
 agrees

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.500
 one

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.900
 parent

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.179
 or

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:20.019
 guardian

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.599
 agrees

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:22.440
 see

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.940
 first

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.539
 a person

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.840
 might

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.340
 qualify

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.920
 for

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.780
 assisted

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.300
 suicide

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.079
 if

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.280
 the

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.679
 doctor

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.500
 certified

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.940
 that

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.099
 the

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.420
 patient

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.679
 was

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.079
 suffering

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.340
 from

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.480
 a

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.820
 terminal

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.400
 illness

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:31.960
 and

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.119
 that

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.280
 the

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.880
 patient's

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.199
 suffering

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.440
 is

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.960
 lasting

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.219
 and

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.400
 unbearable

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.340
 then

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.619
 that

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:36.900
 was

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.840
 changed

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.260
 so

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.500
 that

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.679
 there

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:38.840
 was

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.079
 no

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.679
 requirement

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:39.980
 that

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.159
 the

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.519
 suffering

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:40.739
 be

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.099
 physical

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.659
 or

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:41.779
 that

00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:41.919
 the

00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:42.239
 patient

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.480
 be

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.019
 terminally

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.379
 ill

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:44.019
 now

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.199
 you

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.440
 just

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.619
 have

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.719
 to

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:44.879
 be

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.199
 tired

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.379
 of

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:45.699
 life

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.399
 and

00:38:46.399 --> 00:38:46.579
 we

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.819
 know

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:47.039
 that

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.399
 medical

00:38:47.399 --> 00:38:47.919
 tourism

00:38:47.919 --> 00:38:48.319
 is a

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:48.759
 reality

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.199
 in our

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.579
 world

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.379
 people

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:50.899
 already

00:38:50.899 --> 00:38:51.359
 travel

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.579
 to

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.940
 foreign

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.480
 countries

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.819
 for

00:38:52.819 --> 00:38:53.619
 dental

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.859
 medical

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.319
 and

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.779
 cosmetic

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.359
 treatments

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.619
 that

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:56.819
 are

00:38:56.819 --> 00:38:57.299
 either

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:57.579
 more

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:57.940
 readily

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.579
 available

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:58.899
 or

00:38:58.899 --> 00:38:59.139
 of

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.480
 higher

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.000
 quality

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.219
 or

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.480
 just

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.859
 simply

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:01.279
 cheaper

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:02.559
 and

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.699
 assisted

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.259
 suicide

00:39:04.259 --> 00:39:04.819
 tourism

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.339
 exists

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:05.659
 in the

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.699
 Netherlands

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.139
 and

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:08.219
 there

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.440
 have

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.639
 been

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.219
 kind

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.359
 of

00:39:09.359 --> 00:39:09.659
 public

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.159
 relations

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.719
 statements

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.000
 that

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.379
 deny

00:39:11.379 --> 00:39:11.699
 that

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:11.940
 but

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.400
 actually

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.859
 doctors

00:39:12.859 --> 00:39:13.259
 are not

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.799
 legally

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:15.279
 forbidden

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:16.460
 to

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.219
 administer

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.819
 assisted

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:18.259
 suicide

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:19.420
 to

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.279
 people

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:21.480
 from

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.000
 outside

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.199
 the

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.619
 Netherlands

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:25.019
 let me

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.379
 just

00:39:25.379 --> 00:39:26.019
 say

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:28.879
 I'll just

00:39:28.879 --> 00:39:29.239
 continue

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:29.579
 I want

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.859
 to say

00:39:29.859 --> 00:39:30.179
 I want

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.599
 to close

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.279
 with something

00:39:31.279 --> 00:39:31.779
 about

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:33.719
 the

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.299
 biblical

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.940
 perspective

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.279
 or the

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:35.659
 Christian

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.079
 view

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.859
 but let

00:39:36.859 --> 00:39:37.159
 me just

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.559
 say that

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.980
 making

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.539
 assisted

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.179
 suicide

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.960
 widely

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.539
 available

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:40.880
 with

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.320
 mobile

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:41.940
 teams

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.820
 to help

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.280
 patients

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.000
 die at

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.320
 home

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.199
 and

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:46.559
 that

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.340
 has already

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.800
 happened

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.639
 but now

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.039
 there's a

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.480
 proposal

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.199
 that anybody

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.240
 over 70

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:52.980
 will automatically

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:54.019
 have an

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.559
 entitlement

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.400
 to

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.800
 assisted

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.420
 suicide

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.380
 so you

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.639
 get it

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:57.900
 with your

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.260
 pension

00:39:58.260 --> 00:40:01.639
 in the

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.000
 Netherlands

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.760
 the criteria

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.400
 for these

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.240
 things are

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:04.559
 being

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.260
 continuously

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.920
 expanded

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:07.059
 the process

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.300
 of

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.180
 liberalization

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.820
 has shifted

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.119
 from

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.800
 terminally

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.099
 ill

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.579
 adults

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.059
 to

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.480
 adults

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.659
 who

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:11.780
 have

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.059
 lost

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.260
 their

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.659
 interest

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:12.860
 in

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.119
 living

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.599
 to

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.980
 suffering

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.420
 children

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.639
 to

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.019
 children

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.599
 whose

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.019
 parents

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.280
 are

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:16.659
 suffering

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.740
 the

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.180
 Groningen

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:18.960
 protocol

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.880
 Groningen

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.340
 is the

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.720
 name of

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:20.840
 a

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.340
 hospital

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.760
 a

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:22.139
 research

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.579
 hospital

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.159
 in

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.680
 Utrecht

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:24.360
 in the

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.659
 Netherlands

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.780
 and

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.880
 they

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.360
 have

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.519
 they

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.220
 recommended

00:40:29.220 --> 00:40:29.820
 that

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.200
 the

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:31.579
 Groningen

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.099
 protocol

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.860
 recommended

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.800
 that

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.640
 newborns

00:40:34.640 --> 00:40:35.000
 can be

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.579
 euthanized

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.480
 and

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.039
 you know

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.800
 lots of

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:38.440
 people in

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.900
 the Netherlands

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:40.000
 instead of

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.860
 opting for

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.780
 second trimester

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.480
 termination

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.220
 well a lot

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.579
 of

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:45.059
 children are

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.539
 aborted

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.059
 if there's

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.620
 any kind

00:40:46.620 --> 00:40:47.180
 of physical

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:47.780
 or

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:49.720
 any kind

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.760
 of abnormality

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.700
 they're aborted

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:52.380
 in the second

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.880
 trimester

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.440
 so there's

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.200
 a lot less

00:40:54.200 --> 00:40:54.960
 say

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.780
 handicapped

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.260
 people

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.780
 now

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:58.000
 but

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:59.240
 should

00:40:59.240 --> 00:40:59.820
 a child

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.480
 be born

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.220
 with some

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:01.660
 kind of

00:41:01.660 --> 00:41:02.320
 deformity

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:03.480
 the

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.880
 parents

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.680
 suffering

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:07.019
 is

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.380
 now

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.039
 a legal

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.720
 entitlement

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:10.000
 under the

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.340
 Groningen

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.900
 protocol

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.780
 to have

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.120
 those

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:12.500
 children

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.200
 euthanized

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:13.820
 so

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.240
 babies

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.720
 are being

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.320
 euthanized

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.860
 now

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.300
 what

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.720
 happens

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.240
 if

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:17.960
 adults

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.360
 feel

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:19.039
 distressed

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:20.300
 you know

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:20.740
 because

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.039
 their

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.420
 aging

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.039
 parents

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.300
 have

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:23.140
 Alzheimer's

00:41:23.140 --> 00:41:23.360
 and

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.460
 you know

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.620
 the

00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:25.260
 Alzheimer's

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:25.559
 patient

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.080
 is fine

00:41:26.080 --> 00:41:26.460
 we all

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.600
 know

00:41:26.600 --> 00:41:26.840
 that

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.600
 up to

00:41:27.600 --> 00:41:27.780
 a

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.039
 point

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.960
 but

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.240
 it's

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.740
 distressing

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.240
 for the

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.740
 carers

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:32.019
 so

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.320
 will

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:32.500
 that

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:32.659
 be

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.039
 sufficient

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.460
 reason

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.820
 to

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.480
 take

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:34.639
 them

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:34.800
 in

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:34.980
 and

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.500
 get

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.679
 them

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:35.840
 the

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.139
 jab

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.400
 not

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.559
 the

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:36.759
 flu

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.079
 jab

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.280
 but

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.440
 the

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.820
 terminal

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.280
 jab

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.800
 you know

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.239
 this

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.400
 is

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.679
 coming

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:39.900
 down

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.059
 the

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.380
 tracks

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:40.900
 and

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.079
 this

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.199
 is

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.380
 what

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:41.759
 happens

00:41:41.759 --> 00:41:41.940
 I'm

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.159
 going to

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:42.320
 have

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:42.519
 to

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.059
 finish

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.239
 it

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.420
 there

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.679
 because

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:43.860
 I

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.099
 want

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:44.280
 to

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.800
 say

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.239
 something

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:45.699
 about

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:47.699
 I

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.219
 close

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:48.699
 to

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:50.199
 close

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.559
 with

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.379
 life

00:41:51.379 --> 00:41:51.619
 and

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:51.919
 death

00:41:51.919 --> 00:41:52.299
 death

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.480
 is

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.719
 not

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:52.980
 just

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.179
 a

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.579
 legal

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.219
 and

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:54.679
 medical

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:55.179
 issue

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:55.819
 and

00:41:55.819 --> 00:41:56.099
 so

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.319
 the

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.679
 debate

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:56.939
 should

00:41:56.939 --> 00:41:57.179
 not

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.379
 be

00:41:57.379 --> 00:41:57.960
 confined

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.559
 solely

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:58.839
 to

00:41:58.839 --> 00:41:59.339
 legal

00:41:59.339 --> 00:41:59.619
 and

00:41:59.619 --> 00:41:59.960
 medical

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.759
 professionals

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:02.279
 death

00:42:02.279 --> 00:42:02.539
 is

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:02.960
 also

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.239
 a

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:03.639
 spiritual

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.139
 matter

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:04.859
 and

00:42:04.859 --> 00:42:05.000
 it

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.239
 has

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.439
 a

00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:05.739
 moral

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.339
 dimension

00:42:06.339 --> 00:42:06.579
 and

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.960
 according

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.159
 to

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.319
 the

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:07.659
 bible

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.559
 humanity

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:08.919
 was

00:42:08.919 --> 00:42:09.439
 created

00:42:09.439 --> 00:42:09.679
 in

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:09.819
 the

00:42:09.819 --> 00:42:10.139
 image

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.339
 of

00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:10.639
 god

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:10.819
 we

00:42:10.819 --> 00:42:11.079
 read

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:11.279
 about

00:42:11.279 --> 00:42:11.559
 that

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.059
 in

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.480
 genesis

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.940
 chapter

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.380
 one

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:13.559
 and

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.119
 particularly

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.539
 verses

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:14.920
 twenty

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.360
 six

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.840
 to

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.199
 twenty

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.579
 eight

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.019
 and

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.199
 we

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.599
 have

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:17.900
 our

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.579
 value

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.019
 our

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.480
 value

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.039
 as

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.320
 human

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.759
 beings

00:42:20.759 --> 00:42:21.039
 is

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.719
 inherent

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.759
 it's

00:42:22.759 --> 00:42:22.960
 not

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.960
 utilitarian

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.539
 value

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.980
 in

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.179
 other

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.420
 words

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:25.900
 our

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.400
 value

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.860
 doesn't

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.500
 disappear

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.779
 when

00:42:27.779 --> 00:42:27.980
 we

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.199
 no

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.619
 longer

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.059
 have

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.179
 a

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.480
 useful

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:30.139
 purpose

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.639
 we

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:30.940
 have

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.159
 by

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.420
 very

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.860
 virtue

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.019
 of

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.159
 the

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.480
 fact

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.679
 that

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:32.820
 we

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:32.980
 are

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.739
 God's

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:34.219
 precious

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:34.900
 creation

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.519
 inherent

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:36.119
 value

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.659
 as

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:36.940
 human

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.340
 beings

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:37.559
 and

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:37.840
 death

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.000
 and

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.500
 bereavement

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.019
 are

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.340
 common

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.559
 to

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.980
 everyone

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.219
 and

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.459
 people

00:42:40.459 --> 00:42:40.619
 of

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:40.959
 all

00:42:40.959 --> 00:42:41.539
 faiths

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:41.799
 and

00:42:41.799 --> 00:42:42.059
 those

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.239
 of

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:42.559
 none

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.019
 have

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.139
 a

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:43.480
 legitimate

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.159
 right

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:44.419
 to

00:42:44.419 --> 00:42:44.819
 comment

00:42:44.819 --> 00:42:45.559
 but

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:45.699
 the

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:46.179
 historic

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:46.819
 Christian

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:47.339
 tradition

00:42:47.339 --> 00:42:47.679
 is

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.139
 struggling

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.399
 to

00:42:48.399 --> 00:42:48.579
 be

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:48.939
 heard

00:42:48.939 --> 00:42:49.459
 in

00:42:49.459 --> 00:42:49.599
 the

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:49.980
 clamor

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.199
 for

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.719
 personal

00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:51.299
 autonomy

00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:51.839
 and

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.239
 civil

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:52.639
 liberties

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.339
 in

00:42:53.339 --> 00:42:53.519
 a

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.119
 multicultural

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.959
 society

00:42:54.959 --> 00:42:55.480
 that

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:55.599
 is

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:55.939
 becoming

00:42:55.939 --> 00:42:56.719
 increasingly

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.319
 secular

00:42:57.319 --> 00:42:58.239
 believers

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.000
 can

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.419
 offer

00:42:59.419 --> 00:42:59.659
 an

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:00.039
 ethical

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.659
 framework

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:01.139
 for

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:01.819
 critiquing

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:02.139
 these

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:02.559
 issues

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.459
 these

00:43:03.459 --> 00:43:03.839
 issues

00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:04.199
 are

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.459
 on

00:43:04.459 --> 00:43:04.599
 the

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:04.980
 radar

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.879
 indicating

00:43:05.879 --> 00:43:06.139
 a

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:06.480
 collision

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.959
 course

00:43:06.959 --> 00:43:07.179
 with

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.599
 Christian

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.139
 values

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.879
 it's

00:43:08.879 --> 00:43:09.179
 time

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:09.379
 for

00:43:09.379 --> 00:43:09.759
 Christians

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:10.120
 to be

00:43:10.120 --> 00:43:10.480
 alert

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.980
 and

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.120
 to

00:43:11.120 --> 00:43:11.480
 present

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.700
 the

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:11.980
 case

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.200
 that

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:12.960
 these

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.220
 are

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.500
 not

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.220
 satisfactory

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.920
 solutions

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.540
 to

00:43:15.540 --> 00:43:15.960
 end

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.120
 of

00:43:16.120 --> 00:43:16.420
 life

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.220
 concerns

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:18.240
 concerned

00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:18.880
 citizens

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.400
 both

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.920
 inside

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.160
 and

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.620
 outside

00:43:20.620 --> 00:43:21.160
 Christian

00:43:21.160 --> 00:43:21.640
 community

00:43:21.640 --> 00:43:22.220
 need

00:43:22.220 --> 00:43:22.520
 to be

00:43:22.520 --> 00:43:23.180
 informed

00:43:23.180 --> 00:43:24.100
 information

00:43:24.100 --> 00:43:24.660
 is

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.020
 key

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:55.019


00:43:55.019 --> 00:44:25.019


00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:55.019


00:44:55.019 --> 00:45:25.019


00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:55.019


00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.400
 right

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:55.920
 in

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:55.940
 in

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:56.179
 a

00:45:56.179 --> 00:45:56.659
 mission

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:57.019
 letter

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.519
 to

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.719
 your

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:58.300
 supporters

00:45:58.300 --> 00:45:59.880
 discouragement

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.820
 depression

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:01.239
 and

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:01.759
 despair

00:46:01.759 --> 00:46:02.400
 are

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:02.900
 feelings

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.139
 to

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:03.340
 which

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:03.579
 no

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:03.960
 human

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:04.360
 being

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:04.659
 is

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.000
 immune

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.940
 and

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.179
 some

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:06.519
 people

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:06.739
 who

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:07.059
 opt

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.239
 for

00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:07.639
 assisted

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.139
 suicide

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.860
 are

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.199
 simply

00:46:09.199 --> 00:46:09.739
 depressed

00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:39.739


00:46:39.739 --> 00:46:40.000
 young

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.279
 men

00:46:40.279 --> 00:46:40.679
 sports

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:40.859
 or

00:46:40.859 --> 00:46:41.179
 whatever

00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:42.259
 and

00:46:42.259 --> 00:46:42.439
 they

00:46:42.439 --> 00:46:42.779
 become

00:46:42.779 --> 00:46:43.519
 paralyzed

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.579
 paraplegics

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:44.739
 or

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:45.959
 quadriplegics

00:46:45.959 --> 00:46:47.039
 and

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:49.799
 they want

00:46:49.799 --> 00:46:50.299
 to die

00:46:50.299 --> 00:46:50.899
 initially

00:46:50.899 --> 00:46:52.099
 they want

00:46:52.099 --> 00:46:52.579
 to die

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:53.299
 so

00:46:53.299 --> 00:46:54.459
 in the

00:46:54.459 --> 00:46:54.819
 Netherlands

00:46:54.819 --> 00:46:55.579
 that's

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:55.879
 okay

00:46:55.879 --> 00:46:56.679
 you want

00:46:56.679 --> 00:46:57.000
 to die

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.519
 but

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.000
 lots of

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.199
 these

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.539
 people

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:58.939
 if they're

00:46:58.939 --> 00:46:59.379
 helped

00:46:59.379 --> 00:47:00.639
 to overcome

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:01.659
 their depression

00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:02.579
 and you know

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:03.899
 they don't have a whole lot of life

00:47:03.899 --> 00:47:05.899
 experience at that stage of their lives

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:08.820
 but look at someone like

00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:12.360
 Joni Erickson-Teda

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:13.599
 for example

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:14.840
 and the dignity

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:15.660
 and value

00:47:15.660 --> 00:47:16.539
 of her life

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:18.220
 and all that she achieved

00:47:18.220 --> 00:47:19.099
 and the dignity

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:19.680
 and value

00:47:19.680 --> 00:47:20.300
 that she gave

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:21.240
 to many other people

00:47:21.240 --> 00:47:22.180
 in her

00:47:22.180 --> 00:47:23.300
 situation

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:25.119
 and

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:25.480
 and

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:26.559
 and

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:27.480
 and the gospel

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:27.940
 as well

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:28.900
 and the difference

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:29.460
 it made

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:30.240
 to the quality

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:31.280
 of her life

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:34.980
 so when people

00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:35.880
 get deeply depressed

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.660
 they sometimes

00:47:36.660 --> 00:47:37.400
 want to die

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:38.380
 and at such a time

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:39.280
 what they want

00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:40.320
 and what they need

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:41.579
 are two different things

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:42.579
 and in a world

00:47:42.579 --> 00:47:43.240
 that values

00:47:43.240 --> 00:47:44.340
 personal autonomy

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:45.320
 so highly

00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:46.559
 this sounds arrogant

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.180
 doesn't it

00:47:47.180 --> 00:47:49.700
 whereas one understands

00:47:49.700 --> 00:47:50.440
 the value

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:51.680
 of non-directive

00:47:51.680 --> 00:47:52.220
 counseling

00:47:52.220 --> 00:47:53.820
 there are situations

00:47:53.820 --> 00:47:54.640
 where people

00:47:54.640 --> 00:47:55.480
 need a nudge

00:47:55.480 --> 00:47:56.780
 in a particular direction

00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:57.880
 in the right direction

00:47:57.880 --> 00:47:59.460
 in fact

00:47:59.460 --> 00:48:00.640
 in some situations

00:48:00.640 --> 00:48:01.640
 non-directive

00:48:01.640 --> 00:48:02.119
 counseling

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.820
 would be

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:03.860
 negligent

00:48:03.860 --> 00:48:04.760
 and entirely

00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:05.519
 inappropriate

00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:07.119
 what is needed

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:08.039
 is a proactive

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:08.699
 intervention

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:09.539
 based on the

00:48:09.539 --> 00:48:10.480
 sanctity of life

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.639
 the depressed

00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:12.380
 person needs

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:12.880
 support

00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:14.179
 not to terminate

00:48:14.179 --> 00:48:14.599
 their life

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:15.259
 but to find

00:48:15.259 --> 00:48:15.739
 meaning

00:48:15.739 --> 00:48:16.780
 and value

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:18.219
 people who are

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:18.840
 stranded

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:19.780
 on islands

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:20.599
 of discouragement

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:22.099
 need to be rescued

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:23.139
 not abandoned

00:48:23.139 --> 00:48:24.000
 to despair

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:25.119
 and when people

00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:25.840
 are facing

00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:27.920
 present difficulties

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:29.059
 or future

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.659
 uncertainty

00:48:29.659 --> 00:48:30.800
 they need

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:31.800
 to be reassured

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:32.500
 that they can

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:33.300
 get through this

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:34.200
 they need

00:48:34.200 --> 00:48:34.840
 to be told

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:35.840
 of others

00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:36.160
 who have

00:48:36.160 --> 00:48:36.720
 done so

00:48:36.720 --> 00:48:37.740
 people who

00:48:37.740 --> 00:48:38.460
 become weary

00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:39.420
 with this world

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:40.340
 need to be

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:40.720
 helped

00:48:40.720 --> 00:48:42.360
 imagine if

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:43.200
 somebody stood

00:48:43.200 --> 00:48:44.460
 on the ledge

00:48:44.460 --> 00:48:45.300
 of a sixth

00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:46.360
 floor window

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:49.740
 and said

00:48:49.740 --> 00:48:50.460
 I'm going to

00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:50.820
 jump

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:52.440
 and you

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:53.360
 went and

00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:53.740
 said

00:48:53.740 --> 00:48:54.320
 go on

00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:55.000
 and they said

00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:55.519
 I'm afraid

00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:56.200
 let me give you

00:48:56.200 --> 00:48:56.780
 a hand

00:48:56.780 --> 00:48:58.100
 and you push

00:48:58.100 --> 00:48:58.660
 them off the

00:48:58.660 --> 00:48:58.940
 ledge

00:48:58.940 --> 00:49:00.000
 it sounds

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:00.480
 ridiculous

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:00.980
 doesn't it

00:49:00.980 --> 00:49:01.400
 and nevertheless

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:02.260
 that's exactly

00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:03.059
 what's happening

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:05.480
 with the medical

00:49:05.480 --> 00:49:06.059
 profession

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:08.360
 in the Netherlands

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:10.440
 people are coming

00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:10.880
 to them

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.800
 in that condition

00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:12.960
 and they're being

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:13.500
 assisted

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.579
 to take

00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:15.500
 their own

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.000
 lives

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:20.980
 Paul was honest

00:49:20.980 --> 00:49:21.940
 in his correspondence

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:22.800
 with the Corinthians

00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:24.579
 and he unashamedly

00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:25.099
 told them

00:49:25.099 --> 00:49:25.599
 that he was

00:49:25.599 --> 00:49:26.119
 discouraged

00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:26.760
 to the point

00:49:26.760 --> 00:49:27.300
 of despair

00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:28.880
 there's no need

00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:29.500
 to read between

00:49:29.500 --> 00:49:30.240
 the lines there

00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:31.659
 but he regained

00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:32.259
 perspective

00:49:32.259 --> 00:49:34.279
 and that's

00:49:34.279 --> 00:49:35.279
 reflected in

00:49:35.279 --> 00:49:35.939
 the verses

00:49:35.939 --> 00:49:37.099
 immediately following

00:49:37.099 --> 00:49:37.959
 where he says

00:49:37.959 --> 00:49:39.239
 in verses 9

00:49:39.239 --> 00:49:40.019
 and 10

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:41.379
 indeed we felt

00:49:41.379 --> 00:49:42.079
 that we had

00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:42.879
 received the

00:49:42.879 --> 00:49:43.939
 sentence of death

00:49:43.939 --> 00:49:45.119
 but that was

00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:45.819
 to make us

00:49:45.819 --> 00:49:46.779
 rely not on

00:49:46.779 --> 00:49:47.279
 ourselves

00:49:47.279 --> 00:49:48.679
 but on God

00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:49.559
 who raises

00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:50.019
 the dead

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:51.319
 he delivered us

00:49:51.319 --> 00:49:52.000
 from such a

00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:52.639
 deadly peril

00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:53.859
 and he will

00:49:53.859 --> 00:49:54.519
 deliver us

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:56.019
 on him we have

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:56.899
 set our hope

00:49:56.899 --> 00:49:58.699
 that he will

00:49:58.699 --> 00:49:59.379
 deliver us

00:49:59.380 --> 00:49:59.960
 again

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:01.380
 the Christian

00:50:01.380 --> 00:50:02.740
 has an eternal

00:50:02.740 --> 00:50:03.500
 perspective

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:04.960
 and this gives

00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:05.660
 hope

00:50:05.660 --> 00:50:06.579
 and hope

00:50:06.579 --> 00:50:07.160
 may burn

00:50:07.160 --> 00:50:07.660
 dimly

00:50:07.660 --> 00:50:08.960
 but that flame

00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:09.420
 should never

00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:09.920
 be allowed

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.640
 to go out

00:50:10.640 --> 00:50:12.280
 God can surround

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:13.240
 that flickering

00:50:13.240 --> 00:50:14.420
 flame with his

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:15.280
 loving hands

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:15.900
 and protect

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:16.940
 the vulnerable

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:18.180
 from the winds

00:50:18.180 --> 00:50:18.760
 that blow

00:50:18.760 --> 00:50:19.440
 in the dark

00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:20.360
 and bleak places

00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:21.980
 it's heartbreaking

00:50:21.980 --> 00:50:22.860
 to think that

00:50:22.860 --> 00:50:23.680
 many who present

00:50:23.680 --> 00:50:24.380
 themselves as

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:25.059
 candidates for

00:50:25.059 --> 00:50:25.840
 assisted suicide

00:50:25.840 --> 00:50:26.920
 are having

00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:27.539
 their lives

00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:28.159
 terminated

00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:29.059
 and it's

00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:29.700
 tragic to

00:50:29.700 --> 00:50:30.159
 think that

00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:31.059
 people who

00:50:31.059 --> 00:50:31.659
 are physically

00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:32.380
 exhausted

00:50:32.380 --> 00:50:33.340
 emotionally

00:50:33.340 --> 00:50:33.960
 drained

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:34.500
 fearful

00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:35.320
 isolated

00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:36.240
 stressed

00:50:36.240 --> 00:50:37.079
 and spiritually

00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:37.639
 depressed

00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:38.539
 might be

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:39.420
 assisted in

00:50:39.420 --> 00:50:40.240
 their desire

00:50:40.240 --> 00:50:41.760
 for suicide

00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:43.740
 especially when

00:50:43.740 --> 00:50:44.340
 counseling

00:50:44.340 --> 00:50:45.039
 therapy

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:45.740
 and or

00:50:45.740 --> 00:50:46.400
 medication

00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:47.039
 can help

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.720
 them find

00:50:47.720 --> 00:50:48.700
 equilibrium

00:50:48.700 --> 00:50:50.139
 depression

00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:50.780
 produces

00:50:50.780 --> 00:50:51.460
 distorted

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:52.039
 thinking

00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:54.800
 people become

00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:55.360
 confused

00:50:55.360 --> 00:50:55.980
 and in such

00:50:55.980 --> 00:50:56.480
 a state

00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:57.719
 of mind

00:50:57.719 --> 00:50:58.480
 their judgment

00:50:58.480 --> 00:50:59.239
 is impaired

00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:00.940
 the Christian

00:51:00.940 --> 00:51:01.559
 must bring

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:02.019
 hope

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:02.960
 and help

00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:04.000
 to a world

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:04.820
 where so many

00:51:04.820 --> 00:51:05.480
 people are

00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:06.179
 overwhelmed

00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:07.119
 by problems

00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:07.940
 defeated

00:51:07.940 --> 00:51:08.719
 by fear

00:51:08.719 --> 00:51:09.519
 and feel

00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:10.019
 there is no

00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:10.599
 purpose

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:11.500
 in life

00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:13.340
 we have

00:51:13.340 --> 00:51:14.500
 a divine

00:51:14.500 --> 00:51:15.320
 perspective

00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:16.400
 death

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:17.239
 is a reality

00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:17.800
 that many

00:51:17.800 --> 00:51:18.239
 people

00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:19.039
 don't

00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:19.860
 like to

00:51:19.860 --> 00:51:20.519
 contemplate

00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:21.139
 it's

00:51:21.139 --> 00:51:21.739
 sobering

00:51:21.739 --> 00:51:22.259
 and serious

00:51:22.259 --> 00:51:22.719
 issue

00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:24.159
 euthanasia

00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:25.000
 and assisted

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:25.500
 suicide

00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:26.419
 are now

00:51:26.419 --> 00:51:26.779
 on the

00:51:26.779 --> 00:51:27.159
 radar

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:28.419
 indicating a

00:51:28.419 --> 00:51:29.339
 collision course

00:51:29.339 --> 00:51:29.919
 with Christian

00:51:29.919 --> 00:51:30.439
 values

00:51:30.439 --> 00:51:31.299
 and it's

00:51:31.299 --> 00:51:31.779
 time for

00:51:31.779 --> 00:51:32.259
 Christians

00:51:32.259 --> 00:51:33.439
 for us

00:51:33.439 --> 00:51:34.439
 to be alert

00:51:34.439 --> 00:51:35.599
 and to present

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:36.079
 the case

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:36.939
 that euthanasia

00:51:36.939 --> 00:51:37.799
 and assisted

00:51:37.799 --> 00:51:38.239
 suicide

00:51:38.239 --> 00:51:39.259
 are not

00:51:39.259 --> 00:51:40.000
 satisfactory

00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:40.679
 solutions

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:41.659
 to the

00:51:41.659 --> 00:51:42.179
 serious

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:43.319
 social issues

00:51:43.319 --> 00:51:44.339
 related to

00:51:44.339 --> 00:51:44.679
 death

00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:45.659
 and dying

00:51:45.659 --> 00:51:46.279
 thank you