{"id":86607,"date":"2026-09-16T09:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86607"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:03:40","slug":"dutch-govt-applauds-euthanasia-of-disabled-toddler-who-was-not-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/dutch-govt-applauds-euthanasia-of-disabled-toddler-who-was-not-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Gov\u2019t Applauds Euthanasia of Disabled Toddler\u2014Who Was Not Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> Decision Magazine:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Dutch review committee has determined that the decision to euthanize a nearly 2-year-old toddler with severe disabilities was \u201chandled well\u201d\u2014while multiple Dutch doctors involved in the case opposed the decision, arguing the child could have improved under different medication.<\/p>\n<p>The toddler, whose gender has not been disclosed, was the first child to be killed under an expanded euthanasia law in the Netherlands that extended the age limit of euthanasia to include children aged 1 to 12, if their parents agree.\u00a0\u00a0The law was expanded in 2024, but it wasn\u2019t until late 2025 that a child was killed. In June, news emerged that the first child had been euthanized, but details remained undisclosed until the committee\u2019s report\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lzalpkcommissie.nl\/publicaties\/oordelen\/lk\/2026\/lk-2026-001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was released<\/a> on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Decision Magazine: A Dutch review committee has determined that the decision to euthanize a nearly 2-year-old toddler with severe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86608,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86607\/revisions\/86608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}