Godelieva de Troyer Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
November 14, 2017 (SPUC) — The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Tom Mortier, a Belgian man whose mother was euthanised without him being informed.
No chance to say goodbye
In April 2012, Godelieva De Troyer, who was 64 and in good physical health but had a history of severe mental health problems, was killed by lethal injection by Wim Distelmans, Belgium’s leading euthanasia proponent and provider. Her son Tom Mortier was only informed when “hospital officials asked him to come to the morgue to fill out the paperwork necessary for turning over his mother’s remains to the department of experimental anatomy, per her request.”
“I have a trauma now,” Mortier told Sohrab Ahmari of Commentary Magazine. “There is no care for me! Nothing! It all has to go here,” tapping his heart. According to the article, “his mother’s death transformed the chemistry professor from a mild supporter of Belgium’s ultra-liberal euthanasia law into its most outspoken opponent. “Going to a hospital and getting an injection isn’t much different from someone jumping
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