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Originally Posted by Vexx
However..., there doesn't seem to be any direct connection between the Singaporean arch-bishop's comments and the English teenage heart patient. These were two totally separate and unrelated news stories.
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They are two completely different issues. That's the Archbishop of Singapore's Catholic community, by the way, not the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The relation comes in with regard to Singapore's Advanced Medical Directive, which allows a terminally-ill Singaporean to refuse extraordinary treatment that may or may not prolong his life.
But, predictably, some people here have mistaken the health minister's support for the AMD as a "yes" vote for euthanasia. They invoke the same old fear of slippery slopes, that is, voluntary death by natural causes today, assisted suicide tomorrow.