1.  But many in that country anticipate a law regulating euthanasia next year.

2.  In the Netherlands, there have been calls for regulating euthanasia over the past three decades.

3.  Defense lawyer Eugene Sutorius called his client a scapegoat and said it is up to Parliament -- not the courts -- to regulate euthanasia.

4.  Proponents of assisted suicide hope the case will provoke the federal government to regulate euthanasia.

5.  The Dutch government on Tuesday proposed new measures to regulate euthanasia and promote treatment to control pain in an attempt to stem an upsurge in assisted suicide.