Luxembourg's facing a constitutional rejiggering because the Catholic grand duke, who has veto power over all legislation, continues to oppose attempts by lawmakers to legalize euthanasia. He's being stripped of his veto power.
Efforts around the world to legalize euthanasia are particularly disturbing because of the demographic nightmare many countries are facing; with an increasing number of elderly "burdening" society, there's a strong utilitarian drive to "eliminate" the problem.
National Public Radio had an interesting report a few days back about Japan, which has the highest elderly ratio of any country in the world -- 20 percent of population is over 65 and worse is coming. Buried in the story is the fact that Japanese society is now increasingly resentful at all the health care resources that the seniors are using up.
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