Belgian Euthanasia

“Safeguards” Cannot Make Euthanasia Safe

In Belgium, you can be euthanized for almost any reason, though the European Court of Human Rights will occasionally disagree. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2022

Belgium’s Death Doctors

by Wesley J. Smith

Belgium is prosecuting three doctors for illegal euthanasia. Continue Reading »

17 Jan 2020

Euthanasia and the Belgian Brothers of Charity

by Charles C. Camosy

The Roman Catholic Brothers of Charity in Belgium have capitulated to their home country’s embrace of euthanasia. Continue Reading »

26 Sep 2017

I guess we should be pleased that the euthanasia death of a seventeen-year-old remains at least mildly controversial. But it is clear that the culture of death, if allowed to progress further, will eventually consider such deaths routine. Continue Reading »

14 Oct 2016

Europe’s Euthanasia Craze

by Tom Wilson

The case of Frank Van Den Bleeken—the Belgian murderer and rapist who requested to be euthanized rather than spend life in prison—has provoked its fair share of comment. And rightly so, the facts of this case are undoubtedly shocking. But far more shocking is the rapidly growing euthanasia culture that made this whole affair possible. This increasing normalization of euthanasia is just one of many social trends that reveals a Europe that is becoming profoundly estranged from its Judeo-Christian heritage. As that happens, European societies are losing the moral and spiritual armory with which to resist the gradual slide into a complacent nihilism Continue Reading »

9 Jan 2015

In Belgium, Two Types of Bishops

by Filip Mazurczak

For at least half a century, the revival of Catholicism in its traditional heartlands has been a pastoral priority for the Church. In this regard, Belgium is an instructive case study. For decades, it was famed for theological adventurousness while parishes and seminaries emptied at a dizzying pace. However, during the primacy of Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard since 2010, priestly vocations there have surged and the Church has emerged out of the catacombs. He has drastically broken with recent Catholic history in his country. Now some ask: Is his style of leadership the remedy for Western de-Christianization? Continue Reading »

30 Oct 2014

Belgium Pushes for Teenagers to Decide on Euthanasia

by Wesley J. Smith

As I often say, euthanasia consciousness leads to the bottomless pit. Latest example: There is now pressure in Belgium to open euthanasia to children and people with dementia. From the story: Teenagers should be given the right to medically assisted suicide and the parents of terminally ill younger . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Mar 2008