1-year-old euthanized in the Netherlands — and committee with ghoulish name says that's just fine

1-year-old euthanized in the Netherlands — and committee with ghoulish name says that’s just fine


A statutory review committee in the Netherlands has issued a lengthy statement defending the “termination of life” of a 1-year-old child.

The incident of euthanasia occurred late last year and involved a child described as “nearly two years old.”

This second group also claimed that ‘there was no continuous unbearable suffering’ and that ‘reasonable alternative solutions existed.’

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The New York Times reported on the incident in June, though specifics regarding the case were then scant. At the time, Minister of Health Sophie Hermans merely acknowledged that a case for euthanizing a child between 1 and 12 had been sent to a committee for review the previous year and that a “termination of life” had followed.

The horrifying, heartbreaking details have since been released by a group called the Review

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