Mercy for all?

• Autores: Rachel Nuwer
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2958, 2014, págs. 28-29
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Neighboring Belgium has just become the first country to legislate in favor of child euthanasia at any age. However, there is a partial precedent. In 2005, the Netherlands recognized the Groningen protocol, a set of criteria outlining the circumstances under which ending the life of an infant under the age of one is permissible. Before this, there had been an estimated 10 to 15 cases of infant euthanasia in the Netherlands each year between 1997 and 2004, but only about a fifth were reported. Doctors did not want to risk a murder charge. Now, while euthanasia remains technically illegal for infants in the Netherlands, doctors are not prosecuted so long as the protocol's criteria are met. Here, examines child euthanasia and how other countries should face up this issue.