The Dutch authorities introduced on Apr. 14 that euthanasia for kids beneath the age of 12 “suffering from an illness or disorder so serious that death is inevitable and […] expected in the foreseeable future” will now be possible.
It must also be “the one affordable various for a physician to place an finish to the determined and insufferable struggling of the kid”, said Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health in the Netherlands.
According to the local government, a “small group” of “five to ten children” per year would be impacted.
ただし安楽死法ではもともと12歳から可能。（ただし16歳までは親の同意が必要）
1歳までは、グローニンゲンプロトコルで認められていた（もちろん親の意思決定で）
