abstract:Child euthanasia is a controversial form of non-voluntary euthanasia that is applied to children who are gravely ill or suffer from significant birth defects.
The Clematis Tree tells the tale of tensions within a family raising a severely handicapped child as a controversial Euthanasia Bill passes through Parliament.
It was decided that he had not committed the act of 'positive euthanasia', he had merely prescribed a drug, which had resulted in the peaceful death of the child.