The brand new guidelines would apply to an estimated group of round 5 to 10 youngsters per 12 months.
The Hague, Netherlands:
The Netherlands will widen its current euthanasia rules to incorporate the potential of doctor-assisted dying for terminally in poor health youngsters between one and twelve years outdated, the Dutch authorities stated on Friday.
The brand new guidelines would apply to an estimated group of round 5 to 10 youngsters per 12 months, that suffer unbearably from their illness, don’t have any hope of enchancment and for whom palliative care can’t carry aid, the federal government stated.
“The tip of life for this group is the one cheap different to the kid’s insufferable and hopeless struggling,” it stated in a press release.
In 2002, the Netherlands was the primary nation on this planet to legalise euthanasia beneath strict situations. All circumstances of euthanasia should be reported to medical overview boards.
The legislation already supplied potentialities for euthanasia involving terminally in poor health infants till their first birthday and for kids aged older than 12.
In 2022, just one occasion of euthanasia for a minor between 12 and 16 years outdated was reported, figures from regional euthanasia overview boards present.
The Netherlands wouldn’t be the primary to permit doctor-assisted dying for kids of all ages. Belgium has allowed it since 2014.
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