Dutch oversight committee confirms euthanasia of infant aged around one year
Summary
A Dutch review committee overseeing medically assisted death for children confirmed that a severely ill infant under 24 months old was euthanised at the end of 2025, reportedly the youngest such case in the world, and prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against the doctor after the committee found he acted with due care at the parents' request.
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PRVO neizlječivo bolesno dijete eutanazirano u Nizozemskoj, otkako je zakon o potpomognutoj smrti 2024. godine proširen i na djecu, imalo je samo godinu dana. Time
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- Holandija · Country
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The Netherlands is where the reported euthanasia case took place; Belgium is not mentioned in the reports on this event and is unrelated to it.
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- 09:48 AMIndex.hrOpen the original
- 10:12 AMN1 HrvatskaOpen the original
- 10:42 AMRadiosarajevo.baOpen the original
- 11:09 AMN1 BiHOpen the original
- 01:08 PMKlix.baOpen the original
- 01:47 PMJutarnji listOpen the original
- 01:48 PMDnevni avazOpen the original
- 02:43 PMTelegram.hrOpen the original
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