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The doctor who performed the Netherlands’ first case of euthanasia on a child under 12 did so with due care, the supervising committee concluded after investigating. The patient, a child of nearly 2 years who suffered from several severe medical conditions, died at the end of 2025.

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    6 days ago

    Yes, and that is highly traumatic for children. Child rearing being an atomised, personalised thing of the direct relatives is not a historical constant. More communal forms of raising children have exist and will exist.