The Netherlands Legalizes Euthanasia, Even Against The Patient's Will"In a case that marks a new descent into the darkness for humanity, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that a doctor who euthanized an elderly patient with dementia against her expressed wishes and while her family forcibly restrained her was innocent of any wrongdoing.
...Lower Dutch courts acquitted the doctor of wrongdoing and prosecutors dropped the charges.
...On that morning, the doctor had coffee with the patient, her husband, and her adult daughter.
Unbeknownst to the patient, the doctor put a sedative in her coffee.
The woman remained awake and a second sedative was administered via an intravenous drip.
The doctor began to administer the lethal injection but the woman woke up and her family was forced to restrain her to allow for the final injection..."
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