Denying terminally ill children relief from intractable pain is cruelty. The Netherlands built one of the most carefully regulated euthanasia frameworks in the world, andwhile 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.