Belgium Likely to Extend Right to Die to Children

In 2002, Belgium became one of the few countries in the world to legalize euthanasia, and now, 12 years later, it is set to become only the second to extend the right to die to children and the first to do so with no age restrictions. The Belgian bill, passed by the Senate in December and being voted on by the House of Representatives today, would give all terminally ill minors "with a capacity of discernment" who are "conscious at the moment of the request" and "in a hopeless medical situation of constant and unbearable suffering that cannot be eased" the right to seek to end their lives. More...

They call it "children's right to end their lives" but it is actually "the right to kill innocent children", if they give them the right to end their lives, why wouldn't they give them the right to vote at least?

"Pain can be eased nowadays, there's been huge progress in palliative care," said Nadine Francotte, a cancer specialist in the city of Liege who signed the petition.
Painkillers "enable a child to live to the last moment" while euthanasia drugs lead to un-natural death, Francotte said.

I guess if we don't want people to die, then we're going to have to treat them better as a whole, whether they coincide with our prejudices or not.

Subject well dellicated. I believe that no legalization increases the hiding, the parties concerned shall in any way.

I´ve read that countless dying people attempt suicide behind closed doors (some with compassionate amateur assistance) or dehydrate and starve themselves to death due to having nowhere else to turn to. It happens for adults!
But the most intricate situation is now on discussion: what about the childrens?

Peter Singer, MA, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the Princeton University Center for Human Values, in a chapter entitled "Justifying Infanticide and Non-Voluntary Euthanasia; Life and Death Decisions for Disabled Infants," excerpted from his 1993 publication Practical Ethics, wrote:

"When the life of an infant will be so miserable as not to be worth living, from the internal perspective of the being who will lead that life, both the 'prior existence' and the 'total' version of utilitarianism entail that, if there are no 'extrinsic' reasons for keeping the infant alive - like the feelings of the parents — it is better that the child should be helped to die without further suffering…"