MPs question baby euthanasia policy

Christian Democrat MPs have urged justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin to explain official policy on the mercy-killing of seriously handicapped babies.


TV show Network reported on Thursday that a commission set up to register euthanasia cases among new-borns has had no referrals, even though statistics show euthanasia is carried out on some 15 babies a year.

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