Euthanasie des mineurs et interdiction d'adoption
- L’euthanasie des enfants adoptée à la Chambre
Malgré l'opposition de divers groupes et notamment de plus de 200 pédiatres belges, mais aussi de spécialistes des soins palliatifs au niveau international, la Chambre a approuvé par 88 voix pour, 44 contre et 12 abstentions le projet de loi qui étend aux mineurs la loi sur l'euthanasie. Le texte a reçu le soutien des socialistes, des libéraux, des écologistes et de la N-VA. Certains députés se sont toutefois désolidarisés de leur groupe.Ban on adoption of Russian children by Belgians
Russian Lower House MPs have asked the Foreign Ministry to study the recently passed law allowing child euthanasia in Belgium in order to decide if its citizens should be legally banned from adopting Russian kids.The initiative comes from Deputy Roman Khudyakov of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.
"Before we continue cooperation with Belgium allowing our children to be adopted by their citizens we should understand on what grounds a child can be killed in this country and if there is a danger for our kids to lose their lives in a foreign country," the lawmaker said. Khudyakov added that the majority of Russian children's rights groups organizations would support the ban on adoption of Russian children by Belgians.
This is an immediate consequence of the vote from last week when the lower house of the Belgian parliament voted to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children. The law states that children seeking euthanasia must be terminally ill and in an "unbearable" state of...