Euthanasia: Life Is Not Negotiable

Last week Italian’s president Giorgio Napolitano has encouraged debate on changing the country’s law against euthanasia. Immediate the Vatican reply "The only unjustifiable stance (on this issue) would be silence," Napolitano said

(PRWEB) October 2, 2006 -- Last week Italian’s president Giorgio Napolitano has encouraged debate on changing the country’s law against euthanasia. Immediate the Vatican reply

"The only unjustifiable stance (on this issue) would be silence," Napolitano said

Maddalena Nuvoli, wife of ex Naple’s referee Giovanni Nuvoli, said that she would take her husband to Belgium or Holland, where euthanasia is legal, even thus she risk to be jailed when she return. 52 years of age, ex representative, ex football and basketball referee, Giovanni has been in bed for 4 years now, losing his ability to move progressively. He lost 60 kilos, lives attached to a machine that allows him to breath and is fed through a hole in his stomach. He can only move his eyes, with which he indicates letters on a board to communicate. Last week he wrote a letter to the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to ask for the legalisation of the 'sweet death'.

Belgium and Holland are among few other countries in Europe to allow euthanasia. The kit which can be order by a GP, sells in pharmacies, but there are “ways” of ordering online. Shocking a while ago the announce of an Italian TV presenter when he admit buying the kit replacing it when it expire, preserving it in the fridge… “just in case”. Cost: around 60 Euros

Vatican officials said euthanasia is assassination and for the Catholics serving in the Italian Parliament would be under a “moral obligation” to oppose efforts to legalize physical-assisted suicide

"Life is not negotiable," said Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League

What's wondering is: what if we found ourselves in a situation similar to the one described above, and that person is a person that we care about? What about after 3 years, 5, 7 years…

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