Netherlands Euthanizes Two-Year-Old Despite Doctors Saying Alternatives Remained
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A disabled child, barely two years old, was euthanized in the Netherlands, even though he was not dying. However, this did not deter Dutch officials, who concluded that everything was done legally. The nearly 24-month-old child with severe disabilities was put to death late last year. However, because he was unable to communicate, he did not and could not ask to die. According to the competent committee, the doctor acted with due care in the fir…
The country became in February 2014 the first territory in the world that authorized euthanasia to children with capacity for discernment and...
Netherlands Euthanizes Two-Year-Old Despite Doctors Saying Alternatives Remained
A two-year-old child has died by euthanasia in the Netherlands, the first case of a non-infant child under 12 dying by euthanasia, despite independent doctors initially concluding that the child was “not continuously suffering unbearably” and that reasonable alternatives remained. The child died by euthanasia at the end of 2025, which was revealed by a […]
Dutch Government Euthanizes 2-Year-Old Child
The Dutch government has euthanized a 2-year-old boy under the Netherlands' expanded "assisted suicide" laws after doctors determined that the toddler lacked "all facets" of "being human," marking the country's first state-sanctioned killing of a child under 12.
The euthanasia took place at the end of 2025 and the event was revealed in June by Health Minister Sophie Hermans, without giving further details.
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