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Child Euthanasia

  • The Netherlands euthanises two-year old child

    Image Source: Shutterstock A disabled two-year-old child has been euthanised in the Netherlands after doctors and the child’s parents concluded that the toddler was suffering unbearably, despite the child not being terminally ill and being incapable of requesting death. The case is the first reported use of controversial Dutch rules…

  • Euthanasia surged by 17% in Belgium in 2024 and killed one child

    Almost 4,000 people were killed by euthanasia in Belgium in 2024, a rise of nearly 17% in twelve months, according to official statistics showing that a minor (aged under 18) was also killed, bringing the total of euthanised children since 2014 to six. There were 3,991 euthanasia cases in Belgium…