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...
Belgium euthanasia deaths rise by nearly 10%
The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in 2022, according to figures published on February 17 by...
Belgian child of anonymous sperm donor wins landmark case
For the first time, a Belgian born of anonymous sperm donation has won damages in a lawsuit brought against his mother’s doctor. The unnamed man...
Belgium’s euthanasia law is unconstitutional, says high court. It’s not permissive enough.
Nearly 2,700 people were euthanised in Belgium in 2021, according to the official figures from the national euthanasia commission – an increase of 10% over...
Belgium rebuked over euthanasia management by European Court of Human Rights
After ten years in the courts, a Belgian man grieving over his deceased mother has lost a battle against his country’s euthanasia regime. Godelieva de...
Survivor of 2016 Brussels airport ISIS bomb is ‘euthanised’ for PTSD
On March 22, 2016, ISIS terrorists set off three bombs in at Brussels airport and at Maalbeek metro station. Thirty-five people died -- 32 civilians...
What does the future hold for the disabled when euthanasia is legal?
As the cartoon above suggests, disability activists fear that euthanasia could become a cheaper option for medical care. In a position paper published by the...
How Denmark has become the solution to Belgium’s sperm donor drought
Belgium has a sperm donor shortage because it has abolished donor anonymity. This is leading women to use Danish sperm banks. According to recent media...
Belgian euthanasia figures continue to rise
Nearly 2,700 people were euthanised in Belgium in 2021, according to the official figures from the euthanasia commission – an increase of 10% over the...