From the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
By Alex Schadenberg
A UK woman who admitted to intentionally overdosing her 7 year old son more than 40 years ago is campaigning for the legalization of euthanasia.
Harriett Sherwood reported for the Guardian on July 3 that:
Further to that, Hamish was a child, he was not capable of consenting, but even more, his mother only asked him if he wanted the pain to go away. He wasn't asked if he wanted her to kill him.
When asked by Radio Oxford if her son knew that she was going to kill him, Cooper responded:
Further to that, euthanasia is not legal in the UK and yet Cooper is promoting the case for expanding the law to killing children.
Hamish needed pain and symptom management. He needed care not to be killed.
Harriett Sherwood reported for the Guardian on July 3 that:
A woman has admitted giving her terminally ill seven-year-old child a huge dose of morphine to end his suffering more than 40 years ago.As much as I share sympathy concerning the suffering Hamish experienced, there were other options than killing him.
Antonya Cooper said her son Hamish had experienced “horrendous suffering and intense pain” as a result of his stage four cancer and “beastly” treatment.
“On Hamish’s last night, when he said he was in a lot of pain, I said: ‘Would you like me to remove the pain?’ and he said: ‘Yes please, mama’,” Cooper, 77, told BBC Radio Oxford.
“And through his Hickman Catheter, I gave him a large dose of morphine that did quietly end his life.”
Further to that, Hamish was a child, he was not capable of consenting, but even more, his mother only asked him if he wanted the pain to go away. He wasn't asked if he wanted her to kill him.
When asked by Radio Oxford if her son knew that she was going to kill him, Cooper responded:
She said: “I feel very strongly that at the point of Hamish telling me he was in pain, and asking me if I could remove his pain, he knew, he knew somewhere what was going to happen.As sad as this story is, it shows how dangerous it is to legalize euthanasia. Once legal, similar cases of doctors killing their patients, without consent, will happen.
“But I cannot obviously tell you why or how, but I was his mother, he loved his mother, and I totally loved him, and I was not going to let him suffer, and I feel he really knew where he was going.”
She added: “It was the right thing to do. My son was facing the most horrendous suffering and intense pain, I was not going to allow him to go through that.”
Further to that, euthanasia is not legal in the UK and yet Cooper is promoting the case for expanding the law to killing children.
Hamish needed pain and symptom management. He needed care not to be killed.
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