{"id":87421,"date":"2026-10-14T08:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87421"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:44:43","slug":"belgium-sees-euthanasia-death-rate-double-in-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/belgium-sees-euthanasia-death-rate-double-in-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Sees Euthanasia Death Rate Double In 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>World News Group:<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The proportion of deaths in Belgium caused by euthanasia has more than <a href=\"https:\/\/organesdeconcertation.sante.belgique.be\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/12_Rapport-euthanasie%20_2024-2025-FR.pdf#page=10\">doubled<\/a> over a five-year period, reaching almost 4% of all deaths in 2025, according to new numbers from the government. Belgium\u2019s Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia released a report last <a href=\"https:\/\/admd.org\/articles\/communiques\/rapport-bisannuel-2024-2025-de-la-commission-federale-belge-de-controle-et\">week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Right To Life UK Chief Executive Alisdair Hungerford-Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/righttolife.org.uk\/news\/belgium-proportion-of-deaths-caused-by-euthanasia-more-than-doubles-in-five-years-reaching-4-of-all-deaths-in-2025\">said<\/a> Tuesday that the numbers were deeply alarming. His organization is seeking increased investment in palliative care rather than the legalization of assisted suicide. A bill to allow euthanasia <a href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/sift\/assisted-suicide-bill-shot-down-in-the-u-k-1789162774\">failed<\/a> only narrowly in the House of Commons last month.\u00a0 \u201cPeople suffering from mental or physical health conditions deserve protection and the best possible care, not a pathway to suicide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From World News Group: The proportion of deaths in Belgium caused by euthanasia has more than doubled over a five-year.<\/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":["post-87421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87421","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=87421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87422,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87421\/revisions\/87422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}