Severely disabled toddler euthanized in the Netherlands under new rules

OK SO LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN ONE IS THE NUMBER YOU NEED TO HEAR BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A ONE YEAR OLD TODDLER AND THIS IS THE FIRST CASE REPORTED UNDER DUTCH RULES ALLOWING EUTHANASIA FOR SICK CHILDREN AGED ONE TO TWELVE WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE BABY SUFFERED EXTENSIVE BRAIN DAMAGE AND SEVERE PALSY AFTER BEING BORN PREMATURE AT TWENTY SIX WEEKS AND THREE DAYS AND THE THING IS THE DOCTORS EVEN ARGUED OVER IT BECAUSE AN OUTSIDE PHYSICIAN THOUGHT ALTERNATIVE MEDICATIONS MIGHT CONTROL THE SEIZURES BUT FURTHER ATTEMPTS JUST BROUGHT MORE SIDE EFFECTS SO NOW A SECOND INDEPENDENT DOCTOR AGREED THE SUFFERING WAS UNBEARABLE AND THE OFFICIAL REVIEW COMMITTEE CONFIRMED THE PHYSICIAN ACTED WITH DUE CARE.

YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ONE YET HAVE YOU BECAUSE THE DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED IT JUST SPOKE PUBLICLY ON DUTCH TELEVISION SAYING HE HOPES THIS REVIEW HELPS OTHER FAMILIES TALK TO PHYSICIANS BUT HE ADMITTED HE FELT COMPLETELY VULNERABLE WITH A SWORD OF DAMOCLES OVER HIS HEAD FOR ALMOST A YEAR, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THIS IS THE VERY FIRST CASE REPORTED UNDER NEW RULES THE NETHERLANDS BROUGHT IN BACK IN 2024 ALLOWING LIFE TERMINATION FOR SICK CHILDREN AGED ONE TO TWELVE, AND IT ALL STARTED WHEN A BABY WAS BORN AT TWENTY-SIX WEEKS ABROAD AND ENDED UP WITH EXTENSIVE BRAIN DAMAGE AND CEREBRAL PALSY AND SEVERE EPILEPSY, AND WHILE ONE OUTSIDE EXPERT INITIALLY WANTED TO TRY PALLIATIVE MEDS THE SIDE EFFECTS HALTED TREATMENT, SO A SECOND INDEPENDENT DOCTOR AGREED THE SUFFERING WAS CLEAR AND UNBEARABLE AND THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE RULED THE PHYSICIAN ACTED WITH DUE CARE.

Dutch officials confirmed the first euthanasia of a 1-year-old child with severe, irreversible brain damage under new rules for terminally ill children aged 1 to 12.

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