{"id":11772,"date":"2002-06-01T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2002-06-01T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11772"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:46:30","slug":"christian-churches-and-euthanasia-in-the-low-countries-background-argumentation-and-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11772","title":{"rendered":"Christian churches and euthanasia in the Low Countries: background, argumentation and commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jans Jans<\/h4>\n\n\n
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In this article, I will first describe the argumentative way in which the major Christian churches in the Netherlands and Belgium have dealt with what they considered the challenge of the demand to legalize euthanasia in their respective countries. Given the important differences between the courses of events in both countries, the part on the interventions in the Netherlands will be considerably longer than the one on Belgium. No doubt, the most important reason for this difference is the fact that the public discussion on euthanasia together with efforts to change the penal law prohibiting it, took shape in the Netherlands already from 1968 on. Next to this, the fact that the major Christian churches in the Netherlands were not in agreement on the proper approach also contributes to a more differentiated picture. In the third part of this article, I will present some comments and a moral theological evaluation of the core of the argumentation forwarded by the Christian churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jans Jans. Christian churches and euthanasia in the Low Countries: background, argumentation and commentary<\/a>. Ethical Perspect 2002;9(2-3) 119-33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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