News reports have previously disclosed that hospitals in the United Kingdom are euthanizing thousands of elderly patients who may not be near death — and raking in big bucks from the government for doing so. Now it emerges that the aged are not alone in being killed by starvation and dehydration. Infants, too, are falling victim to “nationalized health care … mixed with the belief that quality of life is more important than life itself,” in the words of the New Hampshire Union Leader.
According to London’s Daily Mail, “the practice of withdrawing food and fluid by tube” — known as the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) — “is being used on young patients as well as severely disabled newborn babies.” The LCP for children, it says, “involves the discharge to home or to a hospice of children who are given a document detailing their ‘end of life’ care.” The paper claims to have “seen” a copy of the children’s ...