Netherlands Does the Unthinkable: Euthanize a Young Child

Jonathon Van Maren-Blog : Jun 26, 2026
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For the first time in the Netherlands since legalization in 2024, a child between the ages of one and 12 was killed by state-sanctioned lethal injection.

[LifeSiteNews.com] I knew it was coming, but it still felt like a Rubicon has been crossed to read the news in black and white: For the first time since legalization in 2024, a child between the ages of one and 12—we don't know if the child was a boy or girl—was euthanized in the Netherlands. A child was killed by state-sanctioned lethal injection. A child. (Image: Pexels)

I should note that this isn't the first time a born child has been killed in the Netherlands. Under the 2004 Groningen Protocol, which one journal described as the regulation of "the practice of actively ending the life of newborns and to prevent uncontrolled and justified killing," at least 22 infants have been killed at their parents' request.

Child euthanasia was legalized in 2024. At the time, Dutch Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hugo de Jonge issued a briefing laying out the rationale: "The NVK believes an extension of existing (Committee Regulations) regarding late termination of pregnancy and termination of life in newborns ... to be the appropriate step to meet the identified need from practice and provide physicians with the desired legal protection."

As the Dutch government notes on its website: "This decision (to terminate the child's life) is always made in consultation with the parents and, if possible, also with the child." Consent no longer matters. If possible, also with the child... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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