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World Service,30 Nov 2000,12 mins

Dutch legalisation of euthanasia

Reporting Religion

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The Roman Catholic Church condemns the Dutch government's decision to be the first Western country to legalise euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Also on the programme: the future of Iran's experiment in Islamic democracy and the Romanian politician who's stirring up anti-Semitism.

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