Haag The Dutch government has announced that it intends to legalize euthanasia in terminally ill children aged one to 12 years. According to the AFP agency, the Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge stated that he complied with the first standards for the preparation of a study by an expert who showed that the sick children were suffering desperately.
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The Koalin cabinet of Prime Minister Marek Rutte discussed such a possibility with a number of MSCs, which resulted in strong opposition from the Kesan-oriented parties. The decision was made and on the ground, the parliament should discuss the matter for the first time on Thursday.
The government rejected the parliamentary effort to legalize euthanasia. In Czech, punishment is now a murder |
The study showed that there is a need between people and parents to mentally end the lives of terminally ill children who suffer desperately and painfully for the foreseeable future, Minister de Jonge wrote in a letter to parliament quoted by AFP.
Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands for 12-year-olds who can give consent and for children under one year of age with consent. For children from one year to 12 years, the first right does not exist. There is no consensus among local authorities on whether children at this age are able to make a similar decision.
The Netherlands and Belgium’s neighbor were the first countries in the world to legalize euthanasia in 2002. Belgium then became the first country to allow voluntary euthanasia in 2014, followed by the Netherlands.
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