An article published in The Journal Pediatrics features comments by proponents and opponents of child euthanasia. Of particular concern are comments by Dutch experts in the articles who recommend the Minister of Health to remove age restrictions and make euthanasia accessible for competent and incompetent children. Read more >>
Citing feeling “devoured by my psychiatric disorders” and “completely broken”, a 29 year-old woman without any terminal illness has been approved for euthanasia for psychiatric reasons in the Netherlands. Read more >>
The Dutch News reported that the number of reported assisted deaths increased by 10% in 2016 to 6091 reported assisted deaths, representing 4% of all deaths in the Netherlands. Read more >>
Continue Reading → NETHERLANDS: Netherlands 2016 euthanasia deaths increase by another 10%
As reported by The Guardian News, the number of euthanasia deaths will exceed 7000 in 2017 representing, at least, a 67% increase in deaths since 2012. Read more >>
Continue Reading → NETHERLANDS: Euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands increasing quickly
The number of people euthanised in the Netherlands this year is set to exceed 7,000 – a 67% rise from five years ago – in what has been described by the director of the country’s only specialist clinic as the end of “a taboo” on killing patients who want to die. Read more >>
Continue Reading → NETHERLANDS: ‘Any taboo has gone’: Netherlands sees rise in demand for euthanasia