Though when considering the legality of euthanasia there is always the point of “slippery slope” that is mentioned. This idea, as mentioned by Dr John Lorber, a professor of paediatrics, states that once euthanasia is legalised the importance of human life could come under question, euthanasia becoming more severe and leading to acts of genocide. Not only has such a thing never occurred in the Netherlands, a country in which voluntary euthanasia is legalised, but Peter Singer has addressed this issue in his book. Singer, the philosopher mentioned earlier, reasoned that, in the face of Nazi actions, of which Lorber refers to, euthanasia shouldn’t be connected to their enacting of genocide. Mentioning that “Their so-called euthanasia program
