Tag: Belgium

Godelieva De Troyer had been suffering from chronic depression for twenty years when she was euthanised, her family unaware, by the doctor who co-chairs the federal euthanasia regulator and who co-founded an organisation De Troyer had just given money to.
The death of a 17 year old marks the first officially reported death of an under-18 since the country's law was amended to include children
Latest figures show a new high for Belgian euthanasia in 2015 - as officials concede that under-reporting means they can't be certain how many lives have been ended
New analysis finds that 4.6% of deaths in Belgium are by euthanasia, 0.05% by assisted suicide and 1.7% are 'hastened... without explicit request from patient'
...down euthanasia's slippery slope
Belgian Senate will vote on bill to extend euthanasia to children with disabilities on 26 November
Answers to key questions regarding recent worrying developments in Belgium and the Netherlands
Recently released figures give a stunning image of the effects of incremental extension
Just the latest step in an escalation of euthanasia which is badly out of control
Report on the first decade of legalised euthanasia exposes 'the absence of any effective control'