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by **Remnant** » 03 Oct 2010, 17:27

'Right to die' facility a possibility
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 10/2/2010 3:30:00 AM

A Dutch group is exploring the idea of a Swiss-style euthanasia facility, but one opponent to the proposal thinks money is the motivation.

Leaders of the group Right to Die want to make assisted suicide more accessible to people with psychiatric issues, such as Alzheimer's or dementia, who may not find traveling to Switzerland convenient. But Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), tells OneNewsNow he understands the true motivation behind it.

"My instant reaction to this is that, like the psychiatrist in Oregon who was discussing opening a clinic in that state in the U.S., it's all profit-oriented," he suggests. "And so it's another way of funding their pro-euthanasia lobby."

The Oregon psychiatrist's clinic never got off the ground, but the proposed facility in the Netherlands would be accessible to the mentally ill and the depressed, which Schadenberg warns could easily be abused.

"So what that means is Mom has Alzheimer's, and you've decided that you've had enough of Mom. And it's possible that Mom, while watching a movie some time five or ten years ago, might have said, 'I wouldn't want to live that way.' So now you're just going to fulfill that wish, whether she actually meant it or not," the EPC executive director poses.

He argues that taking another person's life is not a need, and it is not a solution to medical, mental, or social problems. Better treatment is the answer, he argues, even for the terminally ill -- including better pain management and psychiatric medication.

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