Netherlands to allow euthanasia for children below the age of 12 christiantoday.com
The Netherlands is set to pave the way for the legalised euthanasia of very young children.
According to the NLTimes Tuesday, the northwestern European nation, which already has some of the most liberal euthanasia policies in the world, is likely to expand its law to permit children ages 1-12 to be euthanized in certain circumstances. The practice is already legal for children aged 12 and older, and infants in their first year of life.
The expansion requires the child being euthanized to be terminally ill…
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