Voluntary active euthanasia for adults at their explicit request has been legal in Belgium and
the Netherlands since 2002. ‍ In those countries, acceptance of the practice for adults has …

Abstract On February 2014, the Belgian Parliament approved the first law on children
euthanasia stating that also young children can make the autonomous choice to have their …

The growing support for voluntary active euthanasia (VAE) is evident in the recently
approved Dutch Law on Termination of Life on Request. Indeed, the debate over legalized …

Since the Netherlands produced the Groningen protocol describing the methods to be used
for pediatric euthanasia and Belgium passed laws authorizing euthanasia for children who …

Belgium has recently extended its euthanasia legislation to minors, making it the first
legislation in the world that does not specify any age limit. I consider two strands in the …

Euthanasia was first legalised in the Netherlands in 2002, followed by similar legislation in
Belgium the same year. Since the beginning, however, only the Netherlands included the …

Over the two decades that have elapsed since I first became interested in the ethics of
euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, I have changed my mind. Not about whether or …

abstract In 2014, Belgium became the first country in the world to legislate euthanasia for
children. The decision evoked questions and criticisms in Belgium and in the world at large …

In the September 2005 issue of Pediatrics, Verhagen and Sauer1 again discuss their
proposed protocol for euthanizing certain sick neonates. These rules, known as the …

On February 13, 2014, Belgium's Parliament approved an amendment of the 2002 Belgium
Act on Euthanasia to allow euthanasia for chronically ill children. The amendment …