The Dutch government announced an expansion of its child euthanasia policy to allow children of all ages with terminal illnesses to be eligible for assisted death.
Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on a new federal law that will allow mentally ill Canadians to request Medical Assistance in Dying for mental illness on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'The European nation will now allow doctors toThe Dutch government claimed this was the"only reasonable alternative" to ending their suffering, when comfort care was not enough.
"This concerns a small group of terminally ill children who suffer hopelessly and unbearably, whose palliative care options are not sufficient to relieve their suffering and who are expected to die in the foreseeable future. For that group, termination of life is the only reasonable alternative to end the hopeless and unbearable suffering of the child,"The Netherlands recently announced it was expanding its child euthanasia policy to kids of all ages.
"This is a particularly complex subject that deals with very harrowing situations. Situations you wouldn't wish on anyone. I am pleased that, after intensive consultation with all parties involved, we have come to a solution with which we can help these terminally ill children, their parents and also their practitioners," he stated.
Only five to ten children annually would be affected by the rule change, which would be published some time this year, theCritically ill babies under one-year-old and children older than twelve are already allowed to be euthanized under Dutch law.
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