Child Euthanasia 

It may be counterintuitive to think it would ever be legal for children to be euthanized, but that very thing has been legalized in Belgium.  On December 12th, 2013, the Belgium senate voted 50 to 17 to extend euthanasia laws to children with disabilities.  It was previously voted that minors could seek euthanasia under “certain circumstances”.

Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since 2002, but only for people ages 18 and older.  Belgium is the first country in Europe to lift the age limit on euthanasia.  As to be expect, there was a huge backlash from religious and pro-life parties.“Regardless of disability, life should be valued. To pass legislation that allows termination of life for people with disabilities who are minors is unacceptable,”says Alex Schadenberg, a pro-life advocate.

Free Heroin to Battle Addiction

Its may be counterintuitive to give heroin to a heroin addict, but they are doing just that in Vancouver, Canada.  They are using the logic that making the drug available, that it will get rid of the need to commit crime to obtain the drugs.

Vancouver  has set up a “safe zone” called Insite, where addicts can go to shoot up under nurse supervision. They are provided with clean needles, and are prevented from being arrested by the police while in this zone. They are also providing to addicts with the heroin.  Instead of getting rid of the addiction, they are feeding it, and making it worse.

Principal encourages cheating 

It may be counterintuitive that a school principal would encourage students to cheat, but that is exactly what principal Evelyn Cortez is telling her school to do.Multiple staffers at Cayuga Elementary said they were instructed by principal Evelyn Cortez to do what they had to do in their rooms to get good scores. Under the pressures of raising the schools PSSA test scores, the principal told teachers to help their students cheat so that the school can report higher test scores, resulting in more funding, and more flexibility in curriculum.