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Netherlands: Decision to euthanise a disabled infant, aged just two, sparks a strong backlash

Netherlands: Decision to euthanise a disabled infant, aged just two, sparks a strong backlash
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ET staff writer
ET staff writer
14 October, 2026 • 2 min read

Pro-life and disability rights campaigners across the world have slammed the reality of the ‘slippery slope’ of assisted suicide, after the Netherlands euthanised a disabled toddler.

Thousands took to social media to slam the decision of Dutch medical professionals who put a two-year-old boy to death because of his disability.

Advocacy website LifeNews described the tragic event as the ‘crossing of the Rubicon’, posting that the ‘child was not dying; he was simply disabled’.

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