The Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) says there are still too many risks for people in a vulnerable position.
Dutch doctors oppose euthanasia for “completed life”
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A doubleplusungood story about Dutch euthanasia
The death of a 17-year-old girl suffering from anorexia raises serious questions By Michael Cook Last week the news that Noa Pothoven, a 17-year-old Dutch girl suffering from anorexia nervosa, had been euthanised flew around the world. It wasn't true. The Royal Dutch...
After 15 years, will the Dutch finally prosecute a euthanasia doctor?
By Michael Cook For the first time since the legalisation of euthanasia [in the Netherlands] in 2002, a doctor may be prosecuted for not following the letter of the law, according to a report in the British Medical Journal. The case, which was reported by BioEdge in...
MCCL GO criticizes Dutch euthanasia human rights violations
Executive Director addresses Human Rights Council report on the Netherlands GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council is ignoring human rights concerns regarding the practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands, according to Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Global...
Dutch euthanasia getting so out of hand that even assisted-death docs want to hit the brakes
By Doug Mainwaring July 5, 2017 — An advertisement taken out in a major newspaper in the Netherlands by more than 200 Dutch doctors begins, “[Assisted suicide] for someone who cannot confirm he wants to die? No, we will not do that. Our moral reluctance to end the...
A Dutch euthanasia pioneer surveys the wreckage and despairs
By Michael Cook Editor’s note. This appeared at Bioedge and is reposted with permission. If there is anyone who could be called a patron saint of Dutch euthanasia, it is the psychiatrist Boudewijn Chabot. In 1991 he gave one of his patients, Mrs. B, a lethal dose of...
Dutch MP flags new extension to euthanasia laws
By Paul Russell, Founder, HOPE Australia Dutch News is reporting that the media hype over the idea of euthanasia for a 'completed life' that has been going on for more than a year, now has a legislative backer in MP Pia Dijkstra. This idea was the subject of a...
The year they did the unthinkable – child euthanasia in the Low Countries
By Paul Russell, Executive Director, HOPE Australia Hot upon the heels of the news that the first reported case of euthanasia for a minor took place recently in Belgium, comes the news from Holland that a 'centre for euthanasia in children' is expected to open in that...
Reports confirmed first child euthanized under Belgium law that allows euthanasia at any age
By Dave Andrusko Little by little a few details are surfacing about an unidentified 17 year old child who was euthanized last week in Belgium who was suffering from a (conveniently) unidentified “incurable illness.” “The euthanasia has taken place,” Jacqueline...
Dutch pediatricians seek child euthanasia
By Michael Cook Editor’s note. This was first reposted this past May. The Dutch Health Minister, Edith Schippers, has earmarked almost 400,000 Euros for a study of whether to expand eligibility for euthanasia to children between 1 and 12. At the moment, children under...