Belgian health care boss says euthanasia is the solution to an ageing population
The president of Belgium's biggest health care fund, Christian Mutualities (CM), has called for a radical solution to the problem of an ageing population. Luc...
Belgian softens penalties for illegal euthanasia deaths
Belgian doctors can be prosecuted if they administer euthanasia without regard to the specified conditions. But however serious the infraction may be, they can only...
Euthanasia cases increased by 15% in Belgium in 2023
More than 3,400 Belgians were euthanised in 2023 – a 15% increase over 2022. Statistics released by the Federal Control and Evaluation Commission for Euthanasia reveal that...
One way to escape malpractice lawsuits: euthanise the patient
A French woman who was suffering agonies after doctors implanted vaginal mesh has died of euthanasia in Belgium. In 2019 a woman named Élodie was...
Family of Belgian euthanasia victim loses court battle
To the relief of Belgian doctors, a court has dismissed a civil lawsuit against the doctor who euthanised Tine Nys, a 38-year-old woman, in 2010....
Belgian 16-year-old girl is euthanised and donates organs
Minors can legally be euthanised in Belgium. But there have only been four cases. The latest is an unnamed 16-year-old girl with a brain tumour...
Belgian Catholic bishop backs euthanasia
The position of the Catholic Church on euthanasia is well-known: it is staunchly opposed to it. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1992,...
Euthanasia nurses in Belgium smother patient when lethal drugs fail to work
Alexina Wattiez wasn’t supposed to die like this. The 36-year-old Belgian woman was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2021. She deteriorated rapidly and was in...
What counts as evidence? a uniquely valuable analysis of a Belgian criminal case involving euthanasia
Marc De Hert, Sien Loos, Sigrid Sterckx, Eric Thys & Kristoff Van Assche, Improving Control Over Euthanasia of Persons With Psychiatric Illness: Lessons from the...
Belgium to permit multiple gender ID changes
Belgium will permit people to change their gender identity as often as they want. The Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne, says that the principle...
Belgian euthanasia chief explains 10% rise
Why are more people resorting to euthanasia in Belgium? The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in...
Belgian women euthanised for extreme psychological suffering
Wherever euthanasia is debated, the clincher argument is that it will spare a patient agonising pain in a terminal illness. But as these cases from...