Belgian lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to extend the country’s euthanasia law to children under the age of 18. The 86-44 vote in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, with 12 abstentions, followed approval by the senate in December. The law lifts Belgium’s age restrictions on euthanasia and can sanction it where children have a terminal and incurable illness, are near death, and suffering „constant and unbearable physical“ pain, and where parents and professionals agree to the choice.
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