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2026-06-26
As we celebrate a victory after a government committee decided that Canada should not extend euthanasia to people with a mental illness alone, the Netherlands government has confirmed that at least one child has been killed by euthanasia.
We received an update from the Care Not Killing Alliance that the NL Times reported on June 23, 2026 that:
For the first time, a doctor in the Netherlands has ended the life of a terminally ill child, Minister Sophie Hermans of Public Health wrote in a letter to parliament. The special committee established to assess euthanasia for children received the report last year, NOS reports.
The assessment committee has reviewed the case, spoken with the doctor involved, and passed its assessment to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), Hermans wrote. The OM will determine whether the doctor acted in accordance with the law. The assessment committee's recommendation will weigh heavily in this decision.
Let's be clear, the assessment committee recommendations that the Public Prosecution Service is seeking happens after the death of the child. If the Public Prosecution Service finds concerns with the death, it won't matter because the child is already dead.
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