This story about the killing of Dutch babies born with extreme spina bifida is the kind of thing that raises serious fears about the movement for euthanasia:
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise euthanasia but doctors must follow strict rules.
But
Dutch doctors have reported 22 mercy killings of terminally ill babies since 1997, according to a new study.
None of the doctors involved were charged, although euthanasia for children is illegal in the Netherlands.
Allowing competent adults to make their own choices about termination of life and doing so in the open would lead to greater certainty concerning deaths under medical supervision, as objective standards of evidence of intent were developed. But putting the decisions in the hands of doctors is a different matter altogether. (Of course, the babies in question could not make their own decisions, and no doubt there are complications that are not immediately evident, but this case should cause us to be very worried about allowing doctors to even think that they should be allowed to exercise such powers.)