Following a national referendum last year, the tiny former Yugoslavian republic of Slovenia has taken the first giant step on the road to euthanasia by legalizing medical suicide for the terminally ill. Unlike in Canada, notes Jonathon Van Maren in The European Conservative, Slovenia’s new law is highly restrictive, protecting anyone who actually wants to live, as well as the mentally ill – at least for now.
Inhuman for Criminals, the Luck of the Draw for You and Me
The EU may have banished the “‘inhuman,’ ‘degrading,’ and ‘irreversible’” death penalty for criminals, writes Frank Haviland in The European Conservative – but its member states’ soft-on-crime, easy-on-illegal-immigrants policies are making violent death an increasingly common fate for innocent Europeans. In a world gripped by barbarian forces, writes Haviland, it’s time for Great Britain to hold a national referendum on restoring an older form of justice.
