Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die'

Elderly people suffering from dementia should consider ending their lives because they are a burden on the NHS and their families, according to the British influential medical ethics expert Baroness Warnock. The veteran Government adviser said pensioners in mental decline are "wasting people's lives" because of the care they require and should be allowed to opt for euthanasia even if they are not in pain.

She insisted there was "nothing wrong" with people being helped to die for the sake of their loved ones or society. The 84-year-old added that she hoped people will soon be "licensed to put others down" if they are unable to look after themselves.

More on the Telegraph

Fact-check of a bizarre set of false claims by Rick Santorum

Erik Mouthaan, U.S. correspondent for the Dutch RTL News, joins Rachel Maddow to fact-check a bizarre set of false claims by Rick Santorum about the elderly and euthanasia in the Netherlands.

The Rachel Maddow Show

Rick Santorum fabricates statistics about euthanasia

Rick Santorum fabricates statistics about euthanasia in the US and Netherlands, appears nostalgic for days when abortions "were in the shadows."

YouTube comments:

You have got to be kidding me. Dear Americans, I try very hard to take you seriously, but HOW exactly did this man become presidential candidate? Every single word he says is untrue.

And still americans wonder why everybody hates them.. I'll give you one tip, americans: stop giving mentally disturbed primates and religious billionaire psychopaths political power.

Right Wing Watch