2026-09-16 03:11 UTC
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@ABScientist@forall.social 2026-09-16 03:52
@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca Here's more about the case (Google translate is usually quite good at translating Dutch to English): https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6409188/arts-handelde-zorgvuldig-bij-levensbeeindiging-van-1-jarig-kind.html It seems to have been a combination of severe untreatable epilepsy, insomnia, difficulties swallowing and a high likelihood the child was going to die. Multiple doctors looked at the case and reached the same conclusion that the child was not going to get better.
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@lettosprey@tech.lgbt 2026-09-16 09:47
@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca ... the people that have zero issues seeing children die of treatable illnesses because their parents cannot afford health care, have issues with health care in the Netherlands? Makes sense...
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@bmoore123@tweesecake.social 2026-09-16 10:08
@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca I don't think its true but will do some digging. I remember investigating their laws in 2021 when we were preparing presentations against C21 which they ignored anyway.
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@bazkie@beige.party 2026-09-16 10:25
@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca I can! there's very strict rules around this * there has to be unbearable suffering * there has to be no realistic outlook on improvement * there must be a second opinion from independent doctors in this case, the child had severe epilepsy with multiple attacks per day, and had difficulty breathing. also it was mostly blind and couldn't talk, tho those things in itself of course are not a reason for assisted death; tho I suppose it did add to the unbearable suffering of the child. general consensus (afaik) is that this system is fine; everyone knows that it's a very delicate thing and it is treated as such. I'm sure many a US right wing org will jump on this and frame it as child murder or whatever, but it's absolutely not seen that way by dutch people (until that US propaganda reaches the moron part of our population, after which no doubt there will be protests over here too, that is how it goes these days :blobcatfluffangry:)