The Netherlands built one of the most carefully regulated euthanasia frameworks in the world, and the data backs it up — neonatal cases dropped dramatically after formal oversight was introduced. Extending that framework to children aged 1 to 12 follows the same rigorous logic: unbearable suffering with no prospect of improvement, parental consent, independent review committees and prosecutorial oversight. Denying terminally ill children relief from intractable pain isn't compassion — it's cruelty dressed up as principle.
Euthanasia in the Netherlands expanded step by step — adults, then newborns, then children who cannot independently express their own will — and now that line has been crossed in practice for the first time. The child had no voice in the decision; adults and the state made the call. Once the principle that every human life holds inherent value gets compromised, each subsequent boundary becomes easier to erase.
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